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We have spent a fair bit of time cruising in the South Pacific aboard our 33 years young 11.1metre yacht, Pastime of Sydney. We are now cruising through the canals and rivers of France on our old barge, "Anja", which was built in the North of the Netherlands in 1903. Anja was 110 years old in May 2013 and we celebrated with good French Champagne- but the boat did not get any! In 2014, for Anja's 111th, we took her back to where she was built in the North of the Netherlands.
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Plenty of Photos

Here are some of the photos promised in our last Blog Post. The Dunkirk ones will be in the blog after this.

Unfortunately, it seems notifications are not being delivered to Gmail accounts whether there are photos or not. Gmail is not treating the emails as Spam.

Most of the photos are now in the photo gallery, many annotated. You can see all the photos from 2016 by clicking here.

The maps on our home page have also been updated.

IMG 3701Almost 5km underground- Canal du Nord

IMG 3703The little-travelled Scarpe Superior

IMG 3704Weed cutting on the Scarpe

IMG 3708Scarpe lock gates choked with weeds

IMG 3723Friends, Brian and Charlie

IMG 3716Vauban's Garden in Lille

IMG 3719Old factories being demolished (Deule River, Nth France)

IMG 3725ANZAC war cemetery in Sailly sur Lys

IMG 3728The old church at Sailly

IMG 3729War memorial on the Scarpe

IMG 3734St Venant Church after the war

IMG 3731St Venant Church now

IMG 3739Lifting Bridge on the River Lys

IMG 3743Huge 13metre lift lock on the Grand Gabarit Sensee

IMG 3747The ancient 13metre Boat lift, replaced by the lock shown above. Foreground- old barge pullers

Location (Map)

Dunkirk, France
Photos from Dunkirk
As North as possible in France
 

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Thursday, 21 November 2024

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