Grehan
Well-known member
Keeping the pressure up on governments is always a good idea. A petition has been launched to try to poke the French government with a small pointed stick regarding their rivers and canals, and the need properly to value and maintain them - and encourage private and commercial users of the system.
One peniche = 10 lorries, and four times cheaper than road and half that of rail.
If you've used the 'voies navigables', please consider adding your name to this petition -
http://www.petitionduweb.com/petition.php?petition=187
The procedure is pretty painless, but you may have to fudge a UK post-code into the French format of XXXXX (X=number).
'Foreign' users are just as relevant as native French ones. Thanks.
One peniche = 10 lorries, and four times cheaper than road and half that of rail.
If you've used the 'voies navigables', please consider adding your name to this petition -
http://www.petitionduweb.com/petition.php?petition=187
The procedure is pretty painless, but you may have to fudge a UK post-code into the French format of XXXXX (X=number).
'Foreign' users are just as relevant as native French ones. Thanks.