we have now officially (and tenderly) put linquenda to sleep for the winter in roanne and have arrived home safely in canada. but before we sign off for the season, we would like to express thanks to all who have joined us in body and/or in spirit for the past six months.
we had an [...]
Archive for the ‘2008 season’ Category
october thanks giving
Posted in 2008 season on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
swallows & amazons forever!
Posted in 2008 season on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…congratulations to our good friend Patrick Sharman with whom we will soon be catching up with from the comfort of swan’s pub in victoria. he correctly spotted the flag of arthur ransome’s characters, the swallows and amazons. if you have no idea what we are talking about, seek out a copy of these exciting sailing [...]
Autumn
Posted in 2008 season on October 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
well, we survived the rigors of this waterway livelyhood, we are back in roanne, and we are going to do it again. southern france next year.
more highlights from the season to come. AND: i’ll buy a beer for the first person to identify the burgee below the french flag in the picture above (which was [...]
Auxerre to Clamecy
Posted in 2008 season on September 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Since last weeks news flash we have traveled further south, now on the Nivernais canal, to the town of Clamecy. We were joined by Art & Alfie Gamble from Victoria - who are seated in the cockpit in the picture above which was taken just outside Auxerre in a beautiful park where we spent our [...]
chablis
Posted in 2008 season, food & drink on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
so chablis is 20 km from auxerre, which made it a 40 km return trip though the wheat fields and chardonnay vinyards. this was no problem for dianna’s 7 speed cruiser “charleston” but for me, on my father’s “wolferstan special” one speed named “elegance” (some sort of sick joke that, it’s a decrepid purple thing), [...]
last week. and this one too.
Posted in 2008 season on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
over the past week, we have traveled south into the bourgogne region known for its tasty snails, white wines (bourgogne aligote, chablis, irancy), and ancient cathedrals surrounded by tiny pedestrain roads named after pecheurs (fisherpeople), tanners, and bouchers. there are also little roads holding the memory of the revolution (rue de la revolution). several of [...]
bells at all hours
Posted in 2008 season on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
this is the view from the cockpit right now. we are in Auxerre, and, quite pleasently this cathedral’s bells keeps better time than any of our various ships chronometres.
last week we travelled up the rivers Seine and Yonne with guests from South Surrey BC and Maidenhead UK. it was a great trip and we’ll get [...]
nothing more beautiful than rain.
Posted in 2008 season, books/art on August 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
in august. falls of water meeting late afternoon where seine meets loing. rivers joining rhythms and poplars standing in a gentle applause.
i hang the laundry on a hook of wind and grey cloud.
this rain making unscheduled offerings of time. time for standing under a door ledge or the back of a tree to lengthen our [...]
the delightful fountains of france
Posted in 2008 season on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
so we are back in Moret-Sur-Loing, one our favourite spots, after two weeks cruising with dianna’s mum. from Lagny we first ventured to Meaux for its excellent saturday market, which snakes over bridges and all through the town. then we headed down the Marne to paris, spending a night in Creteil, where one of those [...]
leaving the ‘wilderness’…
Posted in 2008 season on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
hello friends,
for the past two weeks, we have been ‘camped’ alongside a very interesting spot in Chessy, a small classy suburb close to Lagny-sur-Marne and close enough to EuroDisney to hear the little train toot it’s whistle and the fireworks pop like corn in the night
yes, this is where we have tested our sangria and [...]
