Barge Week 225: Winding down We wind down the year with a big focus on cleaning up and prepping for leaving for a couple of weeks to enjoy a break!
Barge Week 224: Power surge It's a crazy week as we tear things apart and start to build them back together again. The point of no return is passed. We're into this project at full speed.
Barge Week 223: Discover Delfine We officially rename from Clair de Lune to Delfine as our time in dry dock comes to an end. We're back on the water again!
DiscoverByBarge Week 222: Sandblasting is complete The prop shaft is replaced, overplating and sandblasting completed. The renewal of Clair de Lune continues apace!
DiscoverByBarge Week 221: High and dry A big milestone reached as Clair de Lune goes into dry dock for sandblasting and painting. The surveyor completed the hull inspection and we're making good progress!
DiscoverByBarge Week 220: Sparks fly Dry docking is imminent as the welders start putting Clair back together. The weather is getting colder and we hunt down some warmer cloths.
DiscoverByBarge Week 219: Sanding and more sanding Our thirtieth wedding anniversary, lots of sanding and working hard on Clair de Lune.
DiscoverByBarge Week 218: Plans within plans We get the first round of plans back from the architects, as well as news on when we head into the dry dock.
DiscoverByBarge Week 217: Dawn of the demolition We arrive back in Gent and move into the shipyard where the work of demolition begins!
DiscoverByBarge Week 216: We made it back to Belgium After four long weeks, we finally arrive in Belgium! It's been an epic journey, but we're ready for new challenges now.
DiscoverByBarge Week 215: Heading for Reims From the Champagne-Bourgogne canal, onto the Lateral du Marne and finally, heading up to Reims. We continue winding our way north towards Belgium, up hill and down dale.
DiscoverByBarge Week 214: Turning north up the Champagne canal Our first week alone on Clair de Lune underway. We travel to St Jean-de-Losne then onto the Borgougne-Champagne canal.
DiscoverByBarge Week 213: Lessons galore on the Canal du Centre We have our first run in with a low hanging bridge as we come to grips with navigating Clair de Lune.
DiscoverByBarge Week 212: Preparing to go A crazy week. I return from Belgium with architects, we hard prepping Clair de Lune for getting underway, collect our skipper and then work even harder to make sure everything is in place. We're finally ready to set off.
Barge Week 211: Back on Clair de Lune A quick tourist visit to Brugge (market research we say!), a couple of days of admin and then it's back to Clair de Lune again.
England Week 210: Keeping up momentum A flying visit to the UK to do an Inland Waterways Handling Course and several things start falling into place.
Matilda Week 209: Matilda is on the hard An epic voyage (for me anyway) crossing from Lesvos to Athens over a couple of days as we finally relocate Matilda, then back to Belgium and Gent with Karina.
Belgium Week 205: Discover by Barge The company is officially formed, we move into our apartment and the contract for the barge is ready to go. A lot happens this week!
Belgium Week 204: Exploring Gent and settling in At the end of our first week in Gent, we haven't made as much progress as we'd like, but we have made more progress than we thought.
Matilda Week 202: Diesel Drama Boat drama after boat drama this week as weather and mechanical issues conspire against us.
France Week 201: Around Burgundy, then Athens A quick trip into Burgundy, France to check out some barges and then we're off, back to Athens again.
The Netherlands Week 195: The Netherlands to Edinburgh Exploring a little of the southern Netherlands, heading to Belgium for the day and then off to Edinburgh!
Matilda Week 180: New directions Big news with the decision to list Matilda for sale. We head back to England for some more house sits and tour Oxford while we kill a day before the first one starts.
