We went to dry dock to fit a new engine, bow thruster, generator, batteries & other stuff
The new engine which will power us down and across the North Sea
The crossing was rougher than we would have liked but the boat felt good
The happy crew plus Lorna as we arrived in France
This was our first deep lock, in each cutout is a bollard you can use
We moored in the citadel city of Lille, next to parks and close to the centre
A change of scale again to the small canal du Somme, scraping the low bridges
Dry dock in Hull
Preparing to cross the North Sea
Crossing the North Sea by barge
Setting off into France
Moored in Lille
Canal de la Lys
To the Somme
Leaving Erquelinnes
Prepare for sea
Crossing the North Sea
Night fall at sea
Landfall in Suffolk
New mooring
Settling in to Woodbridge
Views of our mooring
From the frozen Somme to Paris
DBA rally in Paris
We took the long way to Belgium
Interior in progress
Dry dock in Hull
Preparing to cross the North Sea
Crossing the North Sea by barge
Setting off into France
Moored in Lille
Canal de la Lys
To the Somme
2007 cruise
2007 fitting out
2006 Major works
2004 Our first cruise
2002 Dry Dock in Hull
1997 Rusty old barge
River Ouse UK
Aire & Calder UK
Across the North Sea to France
Across the North Sea to England
River Deben
River Blackwater
Harwich
Canal de la Deule - Lille
Canal Escaut - Dunquerque
Canal de la Lys
River Meuse Fr
River Meuse Fr
Canal du Nord and Oise
Paris DBA
Canal de la Somme
High Sambre Fr
Scarpe - Douai