UK to the Med :: Episode 1 :: Poole to River Seine to Paris
Sailing across the English Channel to cruise the inland waterways of France was quite a challenge. Find out how we got on from Poole to Paris.
Rather than sail across the Bay of Biscay and around Spain and Portugal to get to Andalucia, in the late autumn, we decided to sail our yacht through the French canals to get to the Mediterranean. And take our time doing it.
It turned out to be nine months of the most memorable experiences.
Sailing across the English Channel to cruise the inland waterways of France was quite a challenge. Find out how we got on from Poole to Paris.
We travel the Marne à la Saone canal south to the River Saone and get to Saint Jean de Losne where we meet lots of new friends. Find out more.
Living aboard amongst a boating community of diverse nationalities and personalities at the centre of inland France, Saint Jean de Losne. Find out more.
Our first Christmas and New Year in France aboard. It’s cold and snowing. The water has frozen over. We’re having a ball! Find out how.
Cruising through the cold winter we make many friends and the social life never stops through ice and those first crisp spring mornings. See more.
Come with us as we leave St Jean de losne and head to the rivers and canals of southern France.
Come with us as we sail down the wide but gentle, feminine River Saone and the wide, impressive, masculine River Rhone.
In Occitania we enjoy the Camargue, savour the delights of the Canal du Midi, wander Toulouse and venture west along the ‘secret’ Canal de Garonne. Coming?