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| Quiet idyll canalside |
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| Another happy resident |
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| Colonization never ceases to amaze me |
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| Lock Keeper house - many are derelict, however it is possible to 'lease' them! |
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| Fabulous soil hereabout - Lock keepers grow and sell the ultimate in homegrown vegetables and fruit to us. Truffles free! And found by a dog :) |
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| Quintessential |
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| How many ropes have held against this lock wall |
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| Nearly full. |
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| Joe seems to enjoy the boat |
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| Meeting a lovely Wizard |
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| Knocking in pins for the passerelle |
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| Helming into a lock |
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| Where the bullfrogs sing |
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| More for the tour at Chalon-sur-Soane |
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| River signage is explicit |
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| Having whacked into the Lock gates, they lost their lines and started to spin! |
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| I love sunflowers and plenty here |
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| Another canal traversed |
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| Lock keepers houses are helpfully signed, |
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| Plenty of hotel boats and the city seems full of American tourists. |
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| First light on the Soane motoring through Lyon. |
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| One of our moorings. |
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| Land of interesting roof tiles |
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| Greg ain't afeared of Pirates |
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| A great place for beers |
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| LOL |
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| COuld be my next home |
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| All the signs were in the sky! |
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| After the 'BLOW' we resumed supper, joined by the crew on 'Blue Eye'. |
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| One of many bullfrogs singing and firing jets of water. I wasn't quick enough to catch this one inflating his throat. |
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| We delighted in pappa swan chasing the jet-skiers who threatened his nest - the skiers not quite so cock -sure when confronted by him! |
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| Fishing - umbrellas for sun protection. |
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| Miles and miles of vineyards |
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| Attentive Heron |
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| A Rapunzel tower |
