Has Anybody Cruised the Danube.

[Newbroom]

Not sure if this is the best forum to post this.

I thinking of doing an extended cruise Up the Rhine Into the Danube and possibly then continuing the voyage to Greece or Turkey. Be interested of any other similar journeys any body has undertaken. Or any books on the route pitfalls advice etc etc.

Thinking of taking the whole season in 2020 and then wintering there wherever there might be.
Dave

 

[Poignard]

I haven't. But you might enjoy "Leontyne: By Barge from London to Vienna" by Richard Goodwin.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leontyne-London-Vienna-Richard-Goodwin/dp/0002153904

 

[bedouin]

I haven't. But you might enjoy "Leontyne: By Barge from London to Vienna" by Richard Goodwin.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leontyne-London-Vienna-Richard-Goodwin/dp/0002153904

There was a very good TV series made of that cruise, I am amazed it was as long ago as 1989!

 

[Poignard]

There was a very good TV series made of that cruise, I am amazed it was as long ago as 1989!

There was and I tried to track down a DVD of it, even writing to Richard Goodwin, but without success. But that was some years ago and it might now be available.

 

[Poignard]

There was and I tried to track down a DVD of it, even writing to Richard Goodwin, but without success. But that was some years ago and it might now be available.

Stop press! It's on YouTube

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...F9E7A0D2B384A2769083F9E7A0D2B384A27&FORM=VIRE

 

[mainshiptom]

Not sure if this is the best forum to post this.

I thinking of doing an extended cruise Up the Rhine Into the Danube and possibly then continuing the voyage to Greece or Turkey. Be interested of any other similar journeys any body has undertaken. Or any books on the route pitfalls advice etc etc.

Thinking of taking the whole season in 2020 and then wintering there wherever there might be.
Dave

Try this site looks like lots of info

https://www.eurocanals.com/Cruising/yourownvessel.html

Tom

 

[chriss999]

For a lively account of that trip, in a much smaller craft, try:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unlikely-Voyage-Jack-Crow-Odyssey/dp/1574091522

 

[Poignard]

For a lively account of that trip, in a much smaller craft, try:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unlikely-Voyage-Jack-Crow-Odyssey/dp/1574091522

Oh dear, oh dear! I wish forum members wouldn't keep recommending books. I shall have to make another trip to IKEA to buy Billy bookshelves.

 

[chriss999]

Oh dear, oh dear! I wish forum members wouldn't keep recommending books. I shall have to make another trip to IKEA to buy Billy bookshelves.

It really is a good book, sorry.
I borrowed a copy saving any further expenditure on bookshelves.

 

[bedouin]

Oh dear, oh dear! I wish forum members wouldn't keep recommending books. I shall have to make another trip to IKEA to buy Billy bookshelves.

Or bite the bullet an buy a Kindle.

Much though I like paper books I don't like the house being overrun by bookshelves - Billy or otherwise. My particular downfall was Bookpeople who used to sell sets of books at about £1 per book,

So I took the decision to read as much as I can on an eReader and the house feels much larger

 

[LittleSister]

For a lively account of that trip, in a much smaller craft, try:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unlikely-Voyage-Jack-Crow-Odyssey/dp/1574091522

It really is a good book, sorry.
I borrowed a copy saving any further expenditure on bookshelves.

He's not joking. 'The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow' is a cracking read.:encouragement:

 

[Poignard]

Or bite the bullet an buy a Kindle.

Much though I like paper books I don't like the house being overrun by bookshelves - Billy or otherwise. My particular downfall was Bookpeople who used to sell sets of books at about £1 per book,

So I took the decision to read as much as I can on an eReader and the house feels much larger

I have had a Kindle since they first came out and it is in daily use. However, the small screen size makes it less than satisfactory for books that contain illustrations and maps.

 

[Newbroom]

Some useful info there thanks guys

 

[chriss999]

We cycled the bit fromPassau to Vienna, and it was gorgeous.

 

[Poignard]

If you have a few moments spare, enjoy this

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...74615F614BC5A2F0AE3F74615F614BC5A2F&FORM=VIRE