Posted in France, French slipways, La Somme on May 20th, 2010 Comments Off
Good concrete slipway. with plenty of room to manouver
Adjacent to a Locaboat hire base
picture of chap standing in slipway
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Posted in Canal Lateral a la Loire, France, French slipways on May 17th, 2010 Comments Off
Canal Lateral a La Loire PK 192
Good slipway by a hire base
Restaurants , Bakery etc near by
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Posted in Canal du Rhone au Rhin, France, French slipways on May 17th, 2010 Comments Off
Canal du Rhone au Rhin PK 26, 10 locks from La Saone
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Posted in Canal du Rhone au Rhin, France, French slipways on May 17th, 2010 Comments Off
Canal du Rhone an Rhin PK 164, 60 locks from La Saone
Slipway with plenty of access in large town with all services
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Posted in Canal du Rhone au Rhin, French slipways on May 15th, 2010 Comments Off
Canal du Rhone au Rhin PK 92, 30 locks from La Saone
Good concrete slipway with good acess and turning at top area, mooring with power and water and rail station nearby
There were no signs as to who operates the site which apears very new , I will contact the Mairie and update
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Posted in Canal de Bourgogne, French slipways on May 13th, 2010 Comments Off
Slipway on the Southern end of the Canal de Bourgogne, easy access to La Saone and the Canal du Rhone au Rhin. Owned by H2O http://www.h2o-bateau.fr/ Dijon is 35 minutes away by rail from the nearby train station.
Car & trailer parking is free at the Old lock St Use a very out of the way [...]
Posted in French slipways, Rhone a Sete on Jan 22nd, 2009 Comments Off
Details: Wide concrete slipway from spacious turning area off a quiet minor road. Not enclosed but rocks alongside allow for mooring whilst moving engine etc. Tarascon (1.5 miles) has a railway station, handy for one way trips.
Parking may be possible at the Capitainerie in Beaucaire (1 mile) or at the Connoisseur hire base (500 metres).
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Posted in Notice Board on Jan 17th, 2009 Comments Off
The Blue Links project is a programme of works aiming to restore navigation on the Deûle – Escaut link. The Deûle – Escaut link is the canalised river Marque plus the Roubaix canal, in the North ‘région’ of France and the Espierre canal, in Hainaut and West Flanders in Belgium. They will be celebrating the [...]
Posted in International Visits on Jan 15th, 2009 Comments Off
As we discussed plans for last summer, Sandra realised that it would probably be the last time that Ian, our 16 year old, would be coming boating with us for the summer and as such we ought to do something that he would particularly enjoy. So it was that it was decided to go [...]
Posted in Canal de Bourgogne, France, French slipways on Jan 9th, 2009 Comments Off
Details: Slipway on the very end of the Canal de Bourgogne, and easy access to River Yonne and Canal de Nivernais. Operated by the Conniseur Cruisers base. Easy slip to use but avoid changeover day when slipway exit may get blocked by hire boats. Water, fuel (24 hour – not UK credit cards) and supermarket [...]