Category: France

Courchelettes One of the features of cruising in Europe is that most towns have access to good public transport and so, if we want to visit somewhere more distant from our mooring than is convenient to get to by bike, then it is often a…

Courchelettes Honouring the proverb that “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, we did not spend our time in the shipyard just sanding and painting. Indeed, we had a full social and touring experience to make this not only a productive stoppage…

Douai – Courchelettes <We’re sorry for the long delay. Some of the pressing tasks are out of the way now and we hope to drive an article out each week from now on> Monday morning, we set off for the short run to Courchelettes, the…

Béthune – Douai – Courchelettes Béthune We knew that we could purchase a power/water key from the VNF (Voies Navigables de France) in the town, and decided that would be our first business in the morning. There was a steep metal ladder up from the pontoon…