BARGING IN FRANCE
I would love to share with you some of my adventure on our barge, the Betty B, while in France and some of the other wonderful waterways that we traverse…
Our last few days in Migennes, on the River Yonne, Burgundy
We arrived back at our winter base, always with sadness to finish the barging. Now it is the packing, cleaning, organising for the winterisation of the barge and our departures. We moored next to a [...]
Dinner at Hôtel de l’Est in Saint-Florentin in the Department of the Yonne, on the Canal de Bourgogne, France
It is a challenge finding a ‘perfect’ restaurant when you are barging along the canals. For me, this means a charming, pretty restaurant with a pleasant ambience and décor, with good quality, flavoursome, well-presented food, [...]
The Canal de Bourgogne, Burgundy, on the Betty B
This season of May and August 2016, we started our journey from Auxerre, Burgundy where we intend to be for the next few years. We barged north up the Yonne River and then we turned [...]
Our visit to le Château d’Ancy-le-Franc, in the little village of Ancy-le-Franc, Burgundy.
Burgundy is château country and we are fortunate to have two within easy walking distance of our canal. Yesterday, we visited Le Château d’Ancy-le-Franc, in the little village of Ancy-le-Franc is an amazing Renaissance ‘palace’, [...]
Barging along the Canal de Bourgogne
It has been warm, hot really, with sunny, blue skies; absolutely marvellous. Makes you feel good when you wake to peaceful, warm mornings. The scenery is magnificent on this Canal de Bourgogne and we are [...]
Back in France on the Betty B barging in Burgundy August 2016
Migennes and our dinner of cabillaud. Migennes, in Burgundy, is a short two hour drive south from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. We arrived at CDG on an early flight out of Hong Kong, with [...]