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It had taken us 10 days, travelling each day to make the voyage from Vitry to Toul on the western section of the Canal Marne au Rhin. We had a 3 day break in Toul, then a 7 day unplanned rest in Nancy. Now it was time to complete our navigation of the eastern section Read more
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My last entry left us in the small port of Demange sur Eau anticipating our voyage through the Mauvages Tunnel. We had spent the last week travelling up out of the Ornain valley to the summit level. After navigating the tunnel we would be descending to the Meuse valley and the city of Toul. The Read more
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Rising in France the Meuse meanders its way through France and Belgium before draining into the North Sea in the Netherlands. Its total length is 925 km. The river navigable over a substantial part of its length. In Belgium and the Netherlands it is part of an extensive inland navigation infrastructure connecting the Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Antwerp port Read more
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The first two weeks The sun was out with the promise of another warm summer, but after 6 months there was boat work to address With the aid of the Kacher it took me a day to banish the green mould that covered the boat. The most challenging job was to clean the wheelhouse roof. Read more
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