Jacana

Friday 12th July A standard day really, a quick cycle ride to get a fresh baguette, then off. Today it was 8 locks over about 7 miles, through pretty countryside and a few small villages, although one of the locks…

Bastille day firework finale (takes a few seconds to load)

Thursday 11th July We want to get to Chaumont for the weekend, but being 11 locks upstream, we've decided to break the journey at Vieville, a small village with nothing going for it other than a boulangerie and a post…

Wednesday 10 July With the nearby medieval village of Vignory just 3 miles away we decided to get the bikes out and pay a visit. What a lovely place. Back on board at 4, the toilet decided to block, so…

Tuesday 9th July  We decided to make for Froncles rather than overnighting at a picnic stop, so just 10 miles but 9 locks. All went well in the morning so stopped for lunch at Donjeux, then in the afternoon one…

Monday 8 July We woke up to a few spots of rain, and the prospect that the boulangerie was closed on Monday. However, last night we discovered that the bakery had a vending machine! So armed with 95 cents we…

Sunday 7th June Another short run of 12km, 5 locks and 2 remote controlled bridges brings us to the village of Chevillon, this time against a newly built wooden faced concrete quay, with heaps of rubble and freshly laid foundations…

Saturday 6th July  A late start this morning, in fact, almost afternoon, as last evening we went into town and came across a really good 3 piece band playing mainly 70s rock music outside a bar. Interestingly the audience of…

We set our expectations a bit lower today with 16km and 8 locks, which despite going smoothly still took over 4 hours. We estimate that each lock takes at least 20mins from the first press on the remote control, wait…

We had thought a 30km run with 14 locks might be possible, but after getting behind a very slow barge at the first lock (and also picking up a remote control, and canal guide in English) we persevered for 9…