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Peak District 2023 YT HD 1080p
September journey to Bakewell, Chatsworth House, Hassop and Ashford-in the-Water,. These towns are in Peak District National Park, England
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French Canal Cruising - The Canal du Midi
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A practical guide to navigating the canals in south-west France. Ports visited include Lattes, Frontignan, Bouzigues, Beziers, Agde, Argens-Minervois, Carcassonne and Bram. Waterways cruised include the Canal du Rhone á Sète, the Etang du Thau and the Canal du Midi. This video shares our experience and provides some practical advice for new boaters. Check this out if you are thinking of renting...
London Tower Bridge - Cruise Ship
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Sometimes cruise ships berth in London alongside the HMS Belfast. When they leave to return down the Thames they must navigate the iconic Tower Bridge backwards!
Walking along the waterways of London, England
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Walking along the waterways of London, England
French Canal Cruising-The Burgundy Circuit
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A practical guide to navigating the 500km grand canal circuit of Burgundy, called La Boucle aboard a Locaboat 1020FB. Villages visited include Briare, Montargis, Montereau, Joigny, Corbigny, Decize and Never. Canals travelled include Canal du Briare, Canal du Loing, Canal du Nivernais, Canal latéral à la Loire Rivers navigated include The Seine and The Yonne.
Ardennes Canal Boating 2019
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Canal boating on the La Meuse River
La Meuse Ardenne Canal Boating
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Canal Boating on the La Meuse River
Holland Biking 2018
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North Holland Bike Touring
Canal Boating Nivernais 2018
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Locaboat on the Nivernais Canal
Brecon Beacons 2017
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Narrow Boating in the Brecon Beacons 2017
Oxford Canal 2016
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Oxford Canal Autumn 2016
Norway Fjords 2016
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Norway Fjords 2016
Peyto Glacier Canadian Rockies 1970-74
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Peyto Glacier Canadian Rockies 1970-74
France Canal Boating - Alsace 2016
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France Canal Boating - Alsace 2016
Swiss Cow Wash Appenzell
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Swiss Cow Wash Appenzell
France Canal Boating - Canal Lateral a la Loire 2014
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France Canal Boating - Canal Lateral a la Loire 2014

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @the_great_zampano
    @the_great_zampano 22 години тому

    You call cruising with a Locaboat an adventure? Come on 😅

  • @CathyMCOOK
    @CathyMCOOK 2 місяці тому

    Nice video , soon a group of friends from New Zealand, England, France and America will do a boat trip in Burgundy like you. Would you be opened to share your spreadsheet and give us good advice on where to stop and what to see / expect ?

  • @bazra19
    @bazra19 3 місяці тому

    Please take the unrequested music off, let's just have the sounds of the engine and canal bank sounds. or the piece and quiet as you would expect on a canal.

  • @andre1214g
    @andre1214g 3 місяці тому

    Chouette ! Merci pour les souvenirs qui ont été aussi les miens une époque.

  • @lakesidebc
    @lakesidebc 3 місяці тому

    Great video, awesome trip! Thanks for sharing!

  • @ianashworth7744
    @ianashworth7744 5 місяців тому

    A lovely video.

  • @kristianjensen753
    @kristianjensen753 5 місяців тому

    It was a very inspiring video. Hoping to do this myself, with my wife. Thank you for sharing.

  • @paulcunningham2859
    @paulcunningham2859 6 місяців тому

    Fun

  • @timshaw8187
    @timshaw8187 6 місяців тому

    Lovely video did you need a licence

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 6 місяців тому

      Tim, No you do not need a license. The boat providers provide the necessary briefings. Do the letters PSI mean anything to you ?

  • @galeforce8953
    @galeforce8953 9 місяців тому

    Nice video of one of my favourite parts of the world but, god how I hate having portrait video interspersed. You are filming a landscape - film it in Landscape!

  • @Oscartherescuedog
    @Oscartherescuedog 10 місяців тому

    It’s hilarious looking back at all the panic, the masks, the talk of ‘staying safe’ etc - all for a sniffle that had a 99.9% survival rate!!! What a swindle!!

  • @michaelkoch5209
    @michaelkoch5209 10 місяців тому

    Version without music would be easy to understand

  • @neilryan3948
    @neilryan3948 Рік тому

    We are looking at doing this region next year and trying to decide between the Nivernais, Joigny to Corbiny or the Lateral from Braire to Dompierre. Any preference? THanks

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 Рік тому

      You don’t say how long you are going on the canals, but a one week one-way trip from Corbigny to Decize (or Dompierre) is our favorite because of the lock flight and tunnels although Corbigny port is harder to get to than the others. If you are more interested in wine, then one-way Briare to Dompierre or vice versa) would be our next favorite. Going down hill (entering a full lock and leaving when it is empty) is easier on the ‘crew’ than going up hill (enter empty and leave when full).

    • @neilryan3948
      @neilryan3948 Рік тому

      Oops, sorry. We have 10 days. We want to do a one way trip so the two options the boat company recommended are the Nivernais, from Joigny to Corbigny or the Loire Lateral from Briare to Dompierre. Thanks@@dontato8675

    • @neilryan3948
      @neilryan3948 Рік тому

      @@dontato8675 We are now looking at a 10 day one way trip with 2 options. Migennes to Tannay or Tannay to Decize. Which section of the Nivernais would you prefer?

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 Рік тому

      Tannay to Decize would be our choice. Past Corbigny, a series of locks at Collancelle on the Nivernais is very interesting. There is a super pottery half way up the series to the Etang de Baye, that is worth a visit while you are waiting for the locks. Enjoy!

  • @RuthWatson-cz3ll
    @RuthWatson-cz3ll Рік тому

    Great tour. Thank you!

  • @996bach
    @996bach Рік тому

    Music waaay too loud and spoiled an otherwise great video blog

  • @TrogART
    @TrogART Рік тому

    You should flog (Sell) your itinerary and schedule just a thought it looks rather well planned. I live on a barge in the UK near Ely I love the life on the river. Some examples to be found here: www.youtube.com/@TROGART/videos

  • @OmarSher
    @OmarSher Рік тому

    Very well. really liked your content. Searched for French canals and youtube shwoed me your video. Love from Omar Sher.

  • @peterhenderson81
    @peterhenderson81 Рік тому

    4 weeks as stated at beginning or 4 months as stated at the end

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 Рік тому

      It was 4 weeks of cruising. The comment I made at the end was “a whole month”, but it wasn’t easy to hear! Thanks for your comment

  • @fxdx68
    @fxdx68 Рік тому

    Very well done and interesting movie. I just disliked the caricatural "french" music.

  • @cathyjadebertumen2518
    @cathyjadebertumen2518 Рік тому

    Can one swim in the canals?

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 Рік тому

      No. the canals are quite dirty and not good for fishing either.

  • @anumohd2285
    @anumohd2285 Рік тому

    Hi..where is this place in appenzel

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 Рік тому

      We spent a week there 8 years ago and can't remember exactly where the photo was taken. Perhaps sending a screen shot to tourist information would help.

  • @jamespitchford986
    @jamespitchford986 Рік тому

    Thank you for posting your video. My wife and I are considering our first canal boat rental and doing so on the canal du midi.

  • @eaglet2000
    @eaglet2000 Рік тому

    Loved your video. Very informative. Now that you nearly experienced all the French boat canals which is the most scenic canal and yet close to towns for sightseeing, do you suggest for 4/5 nights of a boat cruising?

  • @panamericaco
    @panamericaco Рік тому

    beautiful video!

  • @ozbizbozzle
    @ozbizbozzle Рік тому

    I reckon the plane trees dying by fungus is probably something more than a random fungus. Fungus operates to deal with dying things as do viruses and bacteria so something is killing the trees. Let's see how the new ones fare.

    • @estebancorral5151
      @estebancorral5151 8 місяців тому

      To replant a monoculture of trees is ridiculous. They will be susceptible to another blight.

  • @ZaleAway
    @ZaleAway Рік тому

    Great video! We cruised the Holland canals on the same boat this summer and absolutely loved it!

  • @The442nd
    @The442nd Рік тому

    So glad I found you guys!!! Do you know if a boat that's 65' in length, 14.5' beam, 10.5 bridge clearance and 3.5' draft, can navigate this route?

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 Рік тому

      Check out www.french-waterways.com/practicalities/canal-depths. or vnf.fr

    • @The442nd
      @The442nd Рік тому

      @@dontato8675 Thank you so much

  • @kaka7279100
    @kaka7279100 Рік тому

    This was an awesome video

  • @Sutapa-Ripper
    @Sutapa-Ripper Рік тому

    which route would you suggest we take ( most scenic and just 5 - 6 days) if we were to do just 1 canal boat trip ( bucket list) in our lives? You seem to have done several. Your suggestions please

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 Рік тому

      It is difficult to go wrong in France but we really the like Burgundy region. It is quite central so this route could fit in with your other plans. We have been happy with Locaboat after many trips and find their service quite consistent. Departing from the Locaboat base in Corbigny, located on the Canal du Nivernais, head south towards the Canal Latéral à la Loire and then to Dompierre-sur-Besbre. This route is partially covered in our video Canal Crusing in France - The Burgundy Circuit. You can see the scenery in our earlier video Canal Boating Nivernais 2018.

  • @julioasensio
    @julioasensio 2 роки тому

    What was the boat rental company?

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 2 роки тому

      Locaboat Holidays. They have offices all over France. We are not sponsored in any way. There are other boat companies that have different configurations.

  • @apntv
    @apntv 2 роки тому

    Great video, we just did much the same trip on a Penechette 950e, we had a windy trip across the Etang de Thau though. Nice to see the bits beyond Argens. We did an extensive Vlog too if you are interested :-)

  • @helenmcritchie9143
    @helenmcritchie9143 2 роки тому

    Absolutely stunning, so interesting to hear the history😊

  • @helenmcritchie9143
    @helenmcritchie9143 2 роки тому

    What a relaxing holiday, thank you so much for sharing your videos 😊😍

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 2 роки тому

      Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, it is relaxing and a great way to just enjoy the French countryside.

  • @iloveabersoch
    @iloveabersoch 2 роки тому

    Great video, much enjoyed. We have just returned from the Canal Du Midi, Carcassonne to Port Cassiferers, now we've booked again, , Vermenton Nivernais to Tannay. Have you navigated any of this route ?

  • @byoobyoobyoobyoobyoo9785
    @byoobyoobyoobyoobyoo9785 2 роки тому

    69th comment 😏

  • @byoobyoobyoobyoobyoo9785
    @byoobyoobyoobyoobyoo9785 2 роки тому

    Just gorgeous 😮😍 I hope my boat can fit in those canals

  • @josepeixoto3384
    @josepeixoto3384 2 роки тому

    holly smokes,thanks for the video; place looks sad,sorrow, narrow, no fun,monotone...and just too too long,takes for ever, like a prison; guess you couldn't pay me to go there, how much did it cost altogether, and would you go there for a second run? at least you won't get lost,i think ; and how do you come back from that one way,like a one track train line... lol; well, thanks, another couple of my 68yo age, who lived in France, told me about it,they wanted that all 4 of us went there, and i am looking at videos, and thanks to the videos maybe not.

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 2 роки тому

      Glad you found the video informative. Best to decide now that it isn't for you.

  • @clivenobbs2848
    @clivenobbs2848 2 роки тому

    So sad such a brilliant trip was clouded by fear.

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 2 роки тому

      The fear added a piquante aspect to a gentle cruise.

  • @romakayak
    @romakayak 2 роки тому

    Over the next three years all the single locks on the canal du midi will be automated. I live aboard a 15m cruiser in Colombiers, just west of Beziers . Done about 800 locks through France and Belgium totally alone. Beziers and foncerannes is the slowest part of the entire French canal system to navigate. Good video.

  • @hrcsourcingltd7858
    @hrcsourcingltd7858 2 роки тому

    I know it’s a year ago you produced this , but fantastic info and showing what’s available.

  • @rolandwehlend
    @rolandwehlend 2 роки тому

    Great video Don! Is the Thames too narrow for such a ship to turn around and go forward instead? Cheers, Roland

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 2 роки тому

      There was not enough room and there is too much traffic to turn around before the bridge and there was only 1 tug. The ship would have rotated further down the Thames with the help of another tug.

  • @rodneygoubert6281
    @rodneygoubert6281 2 роки тому

    Nice video thanks for sharing. Can't wait to get back to France on my boat

  • @rodneygoubert6281
    @rodneygoubert6281 2 роки тому

    Thanks for all your videos and I like the music in this one. I hope to go back down la rance again next year . Thanks again

  • @marcogrosso3410
    @marcogrosso3410 2 роки тому

    Thanks for your video and tips. If you should suggest a canal between "lateral a la Loire" or "Nivernais" , which one would you suggest ?

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 2 роки тому

      We think the route from Corbigny to Dompierre with Locaboat is the best section or Tannay to Decize with LeBoat

    • @marcogrosso3410
      @marcogrosso3410 2 роки тому

      @@dontato8675 thanks a mil. I have cruised with Locaboat in 2007 from Corbigny to Baye Lake and back . Indeed that was a great experience in a great place, I am closed to book Joigny>Corbigny but at the end I started looking to Dompierre>Briare : should be easier and quieter (no river) ... I will have onboard a 5 years old girl + a 15 years old dog .

    • @apollo11guy
      @apollo11guy 2 роки тому

      @@marcogrosso3410 Lateral ala Loire is rather boring.

  • @adrianmorton2210
    @adrianmorton2210 2 роки тому

    we are watching this from NZ & loved your video of your trip cruising the canals . We are planning on doing similar later this year and wondering to buy or rent..... It is inspiring to see you guys making most of life during Covid lockdowns :-)

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 2 роки тому

      We recently looked at buy vrs rent and and decided to rent for many reasons (convenience, one way trips, maintenance costs, insurance and licensing costs all in French, and exploring new areas). Don BTW Do you have relatives in New Plymouth ?

  • @sampandey2297
    @sampandey2297 2 роки тому

    Wow this is magnificent Don. Do you have recommendations on any good companies to rent from?

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 2 роки тому

      Thanks Sam. We have been very happy with LocaBoat and before that with LeBoat. Most important though is the configuration of the boat and the location of the canal.

  • @evapendaki2530
    @evapendaki2530 2 роки тому

    Do we need a licence And where to get it Thanks

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 2 роки тому

      So far we have not needed a license, but double check with the hire company first .

  • @evapendaki2530
    @evapendaki2530 2 роки тому

    A trip to be done

  • @littlebrookreader949
    @littlebrookreader949 2 роки тому

    Wonderful!

  • @N330AA
    @N330AA 2 роки тому

    Great vid. The UK canals are good, but the French ones are even better.

    • @dontato8675
      @dontato8675 2 роки тому

      Both countries have there own special qualities.