Last Blast West to Buzet, 1-10 September

Previously peaceful Pommevic; sexy squid at Boé; green mooring at Sérignac and Buzet; nostalgic return to Moissac

This may be our last jaunt* west on the CdlG, and I felt nostalgic from the get-go. Next June, we’ll be cruising east to dry-dock in Toulouse before continuing along to where the Canal du Midi starts, at Sette, and then heading northwards to St Jean-de-Losne on the river Saône, where Karanja will spend winter 2020/2021.

L’Espagnette lock

Sister Summer Trilogy: Shoreham, Herne Bay and Saint-Geniès

Sometimes, we leave Karanja in her home port of Moissac and go off for a while. From what we got up to in August, here’s a trio of sister-centric outings, in the UK and in France.

While visiting my sister Dale and her family in Kent, England, she and I did a couple of day trips – first to Shoreham village and The Mount Vineyard, and then to Herne Bay. Then Roy and I went back to the Dordogne to meet up with his younger sisters Lyndsay and Cheryll.

#1 Shoreham (Kent) 

You have to specify Shoreham (Kent) because there’s another one – Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex.

River Darent, Shoreham village