Countries – Page 29

— By Helm and CrewJuly 25, 2016

Barge Antics at Briare: 6-12/7

No-Barge Rally at Briare We had long planned to take a week out of cruising to attend the DBA barge rally in the French town of Briare Le Canal. We had an absolutely fantastic time. As we always knew we could not attend the Rally…

— By Helm and CrewJuly 17, 2016

Veurne – Coming World Remember Me: 2 – 5/7/2016

Back on Board We arrived back in Veurne, after an uneventful, but long journey back from Melbourne. About 26 hours flight time and a couple of hours in the train from Brussels. It had simply poured down when we left her last September and dragged…

— By Helm and CrewJune 23, 2016

Plans in Jelly 2016

Duck Drought Last night we had our daughter Kathryn and husband Marcus up for dinner for their turn to sample the delights of duck confit. Regrettably, that has left us devoid of cans of confit. Two others had already perished, the first to our twin…

— By Helm and CrewJune 6, 2016

Den Bosch: 23/9

Back with our best barging Buddies We have been in frequent contact with our barging mentors and friends, Rebecca and Michel, aboard ‘t Majeur, throughout our cruise. We had taken our first barge cruise with them and they were instrumental in us buying Catharina. Whenever…