Canal archive

What ships status? Hermod is on its way from Lyon.

A few couples we met on one of our cruises told us about and had used the chute and mentioned the lift lock now that is something else wow.

We overnighted on our narrowboat in Paddington basin once and that Bridge is definitely spooky. Okay not a bridge but how to get a boat up and down what used to be I think 11 locks it’s fashioned like a Celtic axe the only boat lift of its kind in the world and one of two boat lifts in the U.K. The Falkirk wheel is an absolute must to ride on.

Always to my mind short in time but we’ve never used a TA why haven’t they chased before now?

One of the biggest challenges the cruise companies have is that the date of Easter changes from year to year, next year it’s earlier, before the end of March. Hopefully next year they can sort out with the lock maintenance and keep everything crossed there’s no strikes.

Loved the bike barge. Depending on the water flow a duck race is one of the staples of a canal narrowboat water festival - so exciting!

Check on the website marine traffic

Pauillac dock is being worked on so that it can be used for the really large ocean cruisers. Evidently it takes two hours at the moment to transport tourists to Bordeaux and the powers that be want tourists to be able to visit there and wineries with ease. So glad I’ve done that cruise sounds like it could get over peopled.

It’s not the depth of water under the Napoleon bridge it’s the way the tides react with the many arches it causes swirling that changes directions the Captains need special and quite precise training for this navigation if yours at the time didn’t have that extra piece of paper then the passage was a no go. When we were on Scenic Diamond one of our captains was on a few days off and he returned to navigate us through. Mind you he looked so young most of the guys on board thought he should have still been at university.

Most times it’s not necessarily the equipment but the eye behind that equipment. ‘Bob Carlos Clark’ friend and photographer sadly missed.

Ohhh it’s a mere hop across the pond. Plus that was also our second trip.

Bubbulz wonderfully superb photography.

Still moving on her way to Riedenburg.

flviking careful that was our first Scenic cruise so long ago, before ‘all inclusive’ and ‘butler’ for all cabins. It got us hooked and DH decided it was too short a trip. Okay we’ve missed a few years daughters weddings, family holiday to USA and of course the dreaded C. We did the first Scenic Seine cruise and in July we do it again.

If you know the name of the vessel you are travelling on find out where it is by looking at the Marine Traffic website or name it here and we’ll look.

Regensburg must be open as Scenic Crystal is on the move and Scenic Gem is in Paris ready for her first cruise of the year. Looks like it’s off we go for the real all systems go start of the season, fingers, toes and everything crossed for a really really good one.

Our Easter celebrations really have nothing to do with the religious meaning but more of the Spring solstice but whichever way you celebrate enjoy your eggs the more chocolate in as many ways as possible the better.

Looks like they’re pushing there and back as it were on different continents. Interesting.

8 day trips there not offering 11 day for 2024 but here is the 8 day April dates. 3rd - 10th Scenic Jade. 17th - 24th Scenic Jade 22nd - 29th Scenic Crystal 24th - 01st Scenic Jade interesting flow.

Yup it’s gone on the U.K. site as well now.

1 of 4 on the U.K. site it looks like it’s all cabins above Deluxe Balcony are booked, so not the whole boat but all of the very biggest cabins.

It looks like the bridge from the inner dock just off the river, the bridge for this when engaged first completely lifts by a few feet then swivels across thus opening to the dock. It’s nothing to do with the Jacques Chabin-Delmas vertical lift bridge or the Napoleon Bridge I suppose because it’s not significant enough the other two do slightly overpower it.

Just don a silly hat put a clay pipe in your mouth - be you man or woman and then ladies pick up your knitting needles you’ll blend into the scenery. Seriously just be careful from experience the French police may seem scary but they know what they’re doing. We were in a restaurant near the Odeon when all hell broke loose some years ago and the police were great, anything to protect their precious holiday visitors. As long as it’s clear by July I’m happy 😆

Who’s a clever boy then. It certainly is some bridge. Especially when it’s opposite this one. With an Airbus wing being taken under it. The wing was built about 30 miles from where I live.

Don’t know but my version is during the day it certainly looks spectacular at night.