Naar de Middellandse Zee, vers la Méditerranée, to the Mediterranean Sea (2)
langs de kanalen, par les canaux, cruising the canals (2):
Canal de la Marne à la Saône
Vitry-le François - Heuilly & Pontailler-sur-Saône (223 km, 113 locks)
(24.07 - 03.08.07)
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.jpg "Stop at ORCONTE") |
.jpg "ORCONTE") |
.jpg "ORCONTE") |
.jpg "The Canal de la Marne a la Saone at ORCONTE") |
.jpg "La magie d ORCONTE") |
.jpg "Sunset at ORCONTE") |
.jpg "Canal de la Marne a la Saone, between VITRY and ST-DIZIER") |
.jpg "Pont canal, canal bridge crossing the river Marne") |
.jpg "Stop at BAYARD") |
.jpg "Ophaalbrug, pont-levis, draw bridge") |
.jpg "Mobiele sluiswachtster, eclusiere itinerante, lockkeeper cycling with us") |
.jpg "Next stop JOINVILLE") |
.jpg "on the way...") |
.jpg "Arrival at Joinville") |
.jpg "Stop at JOINVILLE, no space but we get hospitality alongside the MARIE HELENE from the Netherlands") |
.jpg "Stop at FRONCLES") |
.jpg "FRONCLES") |
.jpg "INFO PANEL at FRONCLES") |
.jpg "MARIE HELENE is leaving FRONCLES") |
.jpg "Wet luchstop at RIAUCOURT, a nice colombier") |
.jpg "HALTE DE RIAUCOURT, view of the canal behind us") |
.jpg "the lock at RIAUCOURT") |
.jpg "An early start after a heavy rainy day at the well equiped marina at CHAUMONT") |
.jpg "On the way to ROLAMPONT") |
.jpg "Heading for ROLAMPONT, approaching a curve on this meandering canal") |
.jpg "Approaching a narrow passage") |
.jpg "Pont canal, canal bridge again crossing the river Marne") |
.jpg "one of the 113 locks of this very nice canal, still MONTANT, till BALESMES") |
.jpg "still nice and peaceful sceneries") |
.jpg "Lunchstop on the way to ROLAMPONT") |
.jpg "On the way to ROLAMPONT") |
.jpg "Stop at ROLAMPONT, alongside MARIE HELENE") |
.jpg "Poor facilities in ROLAMPONT") |
.jpg "On the way to LANGRES") |
.jpg "Stop at LANGRES, 30 minutes walk to town") |
.jpg "LANGRES") |
.jpg "LANGRES") |
.jpg "LANGRES") |
.jpg "View of the PLATEAU DE LANGRES") |
.jpg "An other view of the PLATEAU DE LANGRES") |
.jpg "On the way to the SOUTERRAIN DE BALESMES 5km long") |
.jpg "Lockkeepers house") |
.jpg "Eric opens the lockdoor") |
.jpg "the acces of the BALESMES TUNNEL") |
.jpg "Looking behind ...") |
.jpg "The BALESMES TUNNEL, 5km long") |
.jpg "Daylight, exit of the Souterrain de Balesmes") |
.jpg "Leaving the SOUTERRAIN, from now we are AVALANT") |
.jpg "60 km and 40 locks to the SAONE at HEUILLEY") |
.jpg "Lunchstop at PIEPAPE") |
.jpg "Next stop at CUSEY") |
.jpg "On the way to CUSEY, looking behind us") |
.jpg "Stop after the lock at CUSEY") |
.jpg "Works at the stopplace of CUSEY, so we have to moore at the shallow canal bank, lines on the trees") |
.jpg "After a heavy thunderstorm in the night, on the way to CEUGE, next stop") |
.jpg "LUCHBREAK for the lockkeeper, so LUCHSTOP for us ...") |
.jpg "Still waiting till lunchbreak is over") |
.jpg "High water in the lock, still down going locks to the SAONE") |
.jpg "And ... still waiting ...") |
.jpg "Lock operating ...") |
.jpg "... but the door refuses opening ...") |
.jpg "Last stop at the canal de la Marne a la Saone, CEUGE, the XIII th cent. church") |
.jpg "CEUGE, Le lavoir") |
.jpg "On the way to the last locks ...") |
.jpg "Last summer sceneries approaching the end of the canal") |
.jpg "The last lock before the rivers SAONE and RHONE") |
.jpg "Approaching the river SAONE at HEUILELY, near PONTAILLER") |
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