This is a canal bridge built by Gustave Eiffel over the Loire River in Briare that is used for pleasure boats today. We cycled across it 4 times on Sunday! The second photo was taken at one end. Il s’agit d’un pont canal construit par Gustave Eiffel sur la Loire à Briare, quelques kilomètres de …
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The Flower Boat – Une barque fleurie
Another sunny day but this time we had a picnic lunch instead of dinner because the days are getting too short to cycle in the evening. Encore une belle journée ensoleillée mais nous avons troqué le dîner contre le déjeuner car les jours raccourcissent trop pour faire du vélo le soir.
Deep in Conversation – En pleine conversation
One of the things we like about taking the little boat across the Loire at Cours sur Loire with our bikes is that you always meet new people. The man’s brother (French) has been living in Brisbane for many years! Une des choses qui nous plaît bien lorsqu’on traverse la Loire en gabarre a Cours …
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A Stylish Ferry Stop – Un arrêt de ferry très design
This is the new structure indicating the stop for the little ferry that takes hikers and cyclists across the Loire from on the Montivault to Cour-sur-Loire. It’s very stylish but I’m not sure that it serves any purpose as the ferry times are on another sign! I’ll be interested to see what they’ve done on …
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Back on our Bikes – De nouveau sur nos vélos
The weather was beautiful on Saturday, sunny with a maximum of 25°C so went went on our favourite bike ride from Blois to Chambord via Saint Dyé sur Loire where one of the traditional flat-bottomed boats was reflected perfectly in the water. Il faisait un temps splendide samedi : ensoleillé avec un maxmimum de 25°C. …
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Postcard from Germany – Gondolas on the Neckar
As soon as I saw these traditional boats on the Neckar in Tübingen I thought of gondolas. Sure enough, the tourist brochure refers to them as such. They, too, are punts. Dès que j’ai vu ces bateaux traditionnels sur le Neckar à Tübingen j’ai pensé aux gondoles. Effectivement, c’est comme cela qu’on les décrit dans …
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Return of the Kairos – Retour du Kairos
You may remember a photo of the Loire a month or so back when I was lamenting the disappearance of the flat-bottom boat that took us across the Loire last year with our bikes from Cours-sur-Loire to the bike path leading to Saint Dyé. I subsequently phoned the relevant organisation and was told that it …
Back on our Bikes at Last – Du vélo enfin!
Today, the temperature was finally high enough (19°C) to go cycling again after a 5-month break. The flat-bottom boats were waiting for us at Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire. Aujourd’hui la température était enfin suffisante (19°C) pour faire du vélo après 5 mois d’arrêt. Les gabarres nous attendaient à Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire.
Boats at Sunset – Gabarres au coucher de soleil
I love these flat-bottomed boats in the Loire opposite Blois. J’adore ces gabarres sur la Loire en face de Blois.
A Reflective Ferry – Un bac réfléchi
This is the new reconstructed ferry that now crosses the Loire at Cour-sur-Loire. Unfortunately it wasn’t working this time. In September it only operates during the weekend. Voici le nouveau bac reconstruit qui traverse désormais la Loire à Cour-sur-Loire. Malheureusement il n’était pas en opération cette fois-ci. En septembre, il est de service uniquement pendant …