Northern France has belfries too and as ever we have to climb this one in Douai.
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- On one of the forest walks in this region, Skipper...
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- The camera's at it again but this mural was fun. A...
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- We turn a corner on the Marne and suddenly we're i...
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- Now on the River Marne. This is the free municipal...
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- We had seen many coypu on our travels in France - ...
- Paris moorings are around 70 euros a night for our...
- The lack of dredging resulting in such shallow wat...
- There were some pretty towns and villages along th...
- Before taking Snail to Paris we want to try to nav...
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- Conflans St Honorine is at the junction of the Ois...
- Like drowned rats we returned to the boat moored a...
- My daughter came to stay in July at the time of Ba...
- Using photos taken by visitors to the boat and som...
- Unfortunately the bishop's anointing didn't extend...
- We have arrived in Longueil at the time of their a...
- The River Oise will take us nearer to the Seine an...
- There is some glorious craftsmanship in the church...
- The bargees are a superstitious lot and often name...
- We were advised by a bargee to take a photo of the...
- We say a sad farewell to the River Somme and arriv...
- Many walks followed tributaries and lakes which w...
- There were many beautiful walks from the lock moor...
- The 'ecluse' here at Cappy is typical of locks on...
- Out with the mop twice a day. This mooring at Pont...
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- We moored up for the evening near a cemetery. The ...
- Half way to Abbeville and we spot a sign for a caf...
- Sadly it's time to leave this lovely place so we t...
- The French often find reading signs difficu...
- The original medieval fishing village has spread...
- St.Valery and end of the Somme for us. There can't...
- Dead straight, the canal takes us to the sea so it...
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- The next village of Long is also built to serve a ...
- Next stop Picquigny, an ancient village built arou...
- We were pleased to leave Amiens after that. On the...
- The mooring at Amiens was on a high wall which mad...
- Our next stop on the Somme is at the ancient and b...
- We take a night-time walk in the riverside t...
- A sign on an arm of the Somme directs us to the Po...
- We turn off onto the canalised River Somme and int...
- Peronne and the only free mooring (we're on a budg...
- The St Quentin canal has a 5,670m. tunnel at Rique...
- We move on and find a quiet, rural mooring near Va...
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- On to Cambrai and the St.Quentin canal. Here we fi...
- We leave Arras and find a quiet spot to do some s...
- There was a more personal reason for wanting to vi...
- Arras looks like a film set from its belfry. It wa...
- Moorings in Arras are unreachable as the canal is ...
- This may seem like a very ordinary photo but now ...
- Douai is full of architectural interest. We enjoye...
- Northern France has belfries too and as ever we ha...
- Up the Scarpe to Douai where we moor alongside som...
- Aire-sur-Lys is a lovely town and we are pleased w...
- The boating season hasn't started yet and getting...
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