France anyone?

Grehan

Grehan

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This forum, " . . the Thames and other inland waterways . . " is pretty well exclusively The Thames (which I know, having lived near Henley and worked in Walingford for decades).
I post on Liveaboard 'cos I mainly liveaboard, in France, but would you guys / gals (if any) appreciate intermittent updates from a land where moorings, water and electricity can be free, wine can be 1€ a bottle, empty waterways, endless rurality and historic villages . . ok, ok - anyone interested?
Quite happy to shut the fck up, too. :)
 
Grehan said:
This forum, " . . the Thames and other inland waterways . . " is pretty well exclusively The Thames (which I know, having lived near Henley and worked in Walingford for decades).
I post on Liveaboard 'cos I mainly liveaboard, in France, but would you guys / gals (if any) appreciate intermittent updates from a land where moorings, water and electricity can be free, wine can be 1€ a bottle, empty waterways, endless rurality and historic villages . . ok, ok - anyone interested?
Quite happy to shut the fck up, too. :)
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Do the French have long boats as well :confused:
ducks 4 cover :D
 
if you can match the stories we used to hear from Trouville, it would be a great service to the winterised forum.
 
Hello Grehan and welcome.
No reason why you shouldn't try to expand our horizons if you feel so inclined. Just don't regale us with too many examples of how much cheaper life is on the french waterways - OK?

Would be interesting to know how the French can do everything so much cheaper - subsidised rail seems to work well over there as well.
 
"Would be interesting to know how the French can do everything so much cheaper"

Perchance ....they are happy to pay more TAX and their middle class not spend an entire lifetime whinging about how hard things are and how unfair life is trying to manage on 70,000 eu a year what with trying to maintain the flat in Nice and Nicoles fees at the ecole ? :)
 
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Trouville?
He was shurely on the Tames, never?
Although thinking about it, a natural itinerant impecunious narrow-boater, full of jolly scrapes (!) and japes, n'est ce pas? Wondered what had happened to him. Where did you bump into him? Is he to be found, even now, tied up under Moulsford bridge, forays into Cholsey for female companionship?
 
oldgit said:
"Would be interesting to know how the French can do everything so much cheaper"

Perchance ....they are happy to pay more TAX and their middle class not spend an entire lifetime whinging about how hard things are and how unfair life is trying to manage on 70,000 eu a year what with trying to maintain the flat in Nice and Nicoles fees at the ecole ? :)
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And they are currently crippling the country through strikes and industrial action against the possibility of raising the retirement age... to 62!!!!!!

But I digress, hello Grehan, I have followed some of your posts on other fora, and I too would welcome a bit of hybrid vigour on here throught the "other inland waterways" clause, otherwise we will just get tales of clogs and flat-hat boating from CX54WEK :)
 
Yes, even as I write Mrs Skipper is attempting to drive from Toulouse to Calais stopping wherever she can to fill up. So far (after 2 1/2 hrs en route) she's filled up once, no queues, no problems . . . (last words, famous).
 
Grehan said:
Yes, even as I write Mrs Skipper is attempting to drive from Toulouse to Calais stopping wherever she can to fill up. So far (after 2 1/2 hrs en route) she's filled up once, no queues, no problems . . . (last words, famous).
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As touring the European inland waterways is on my to do list, I'm keen to learn more.

Would I be correct in assuming that you also did an extensive tour of the UK ones? If so, would be interested to hear about that, too.
 
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