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2025 Catharina Heads for the Midi

2025 Catharina Heads for the Midi

2024 Catharina along the Bourbonnais

2024 Catharina along the Bourbonnais

2023 Renewing Catharina

2023 Renewing Catharina

2022 Restoring Catharina

2022 Restoring Catharina

2019 Trapped on the Nivernais

2019 Trapped on the Nivernais

2018 Painting Catharina

2018 Painting Catharina

2017 Catharina’s Mystery Tour

2017 Catharina’s Mystery Tour

2016 Hergé’s Adventures of Catharina

2016 Hergé’s Adventures of Catharina

2015 Returning Catharina

2015 Returning Catharina

2014 Finding Neo Vita

2014 Finding Neo Vita

—  By IanFebruary 15, 2026

Lyon (20/06 – 22/06)

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—  By IanFebruary 8, 2026

End of the Saône (19/06 – 20/06)

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—  By LisetteFebruary 3, 2026

Rowing races and serenaded by frogs (14/06 – 18/06)

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—  By IanJuly 12, 2025

A long pause in Tournus (8/06 – 13/06)

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    Ian on End of the Saône (19/06 – 20/06)February 11, 2026

    Thanks Gina, and you know, of course, you are welcome to join us again anytime.

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    Ian on End of the Saône (19/06 – 20/06)February 11, 2026

    The swimming must be such a common pastime for the youth that the police seem to visit regularly. The kids…

  3. Gina Brown on End of the Saône (19/06 – 20/06)February 9, 2026

    Another great narrative of your trip thankyou. I always enjoy the journey with you especially after the many visits to…

  4. Don on End of the Saône (19/06 – 20/06)February 9, 2026

    We used both those moorings in 2022 and had the same problems with the “visitors” at Rochetaillée. They became a…

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