Beowulf - Vitry-le-Francois

Vitry-le-Francois

Beowulf

Tom Fenton and Faith Ressmeyer

Tue 14 Oct 2014 20:28

The last section of the Canal between Champagne and Burgundy is almost dead straight for almost 20 miles, through the industrial suburbs of St Dizier, or through flat industrial farmland. The boredom was broken briefly by a broken lock, with a German boat in it and me waiting. Gave me a chance to have lunch. When the man came, he put together long rods to make long handled tool like a manure fork, and dug about in the mouth of the gate to shift whatever was stopping the gates from closing.

It may seem low tech but it worked.

Apart from that, my only excitement was seeing the first Little Grebes of this journey, and a Sparrowhawk. Suddenly there are moorhens everywhere, and sycamores, and willows. Quite like home.

Blog Entries

2014

Nov 2014

Tue 4 Nov 21:47
- The last leg, now the circle is complete

Oct 2014

Fri 31 Oct 19:58
- Dunkirk, or the red button on the yellow banana
Thu 30 Oct 19:46
- Schmilblick
Wed 29 Oct 18:20
- Douai
- End of the Canal du Nord
Tue 28 Oct 18:16
- Up to the 50th parallel
- Up to the 50th parallel
Mon 27 Oct 19:08
- The Canal du Nord
Sun 26 Oct 16:21
- Sunday, muddy Sunday
Sat 25 Oct 15:56
- Bourg et Comin
- Berry au Bac
Fri 24 Oct 17:21
- Reims and beyond
Thu 23 Oct 16:34
- Progress
Wed 22 Oct 17:03
- Canal Latéral à la Marne
Wed 15 Oct 15:56
- Taking a break
Tue 14 Oct 20:28
- Vitry-le-Francois
Mon 13 Oct 20:36
- Outskirts of St Diziers
Sun 12 Oct 18:31
- Joinville
Sat 11 Oct 17:45
- Froncles
Fri 10 Oct 20:20
- Today's locks, and A Woman Comes
- Chaumont
Wed 8 Oct 16:19
- Over the top
Mon 6 Oct 18:15
- And where's that soggy plain?
Sat 4 Oct 17:46
- First day single handed
- St Jean de Losne
Fri 3 Oct 17:58
- Seurre
Thu 2 Oct 09:01
- More from Verdun sur le Doubs
- Verdun
- Chalon sur Saone

Sep 2014

Mon 29 Sep 17:27
- What a difference a day makes
Sun 28 Sep 18:13
- Trevoux
Sat 27 Sep 17:54
- Lyons, and farewell to the Rhone
Fri 26 Sep 18:41
- Ecluse de Sablons
Tue 23 Sep 16:37
- All the way to Vivier
Sun 21 Sep 17:58
- L'Ardoise
Thu 18 Sep 18:38
- Avignon
Wed 17 Sep 17:10
- Arles, enough to make anyone mad
Mon 15 Sep 17:55
- Canal San Louis and the start of our way north through France
Sat 13 Sep 19:45
- The French Riviera as seen from Beowulf
Fri 12 Sep 19:40
- Selon le vent, la voile
Wed 10 Sep 19:13
- Propriano
Tue 9 Sep 18:27
- Bonifacio
Sat 6 Sep 20:43
Wed 3 Sep 07:26
- North Eastern Sardinia

Aug 2014

Sat 30 Aug 17:58
- To the Costa Smeralda, and beyond

Jun 2014

Wed 18 Jun 15:15
- At rest in Arbatax
Thu 12 Jun 17:47
- Cala Luna
Wed 11 Jun 07:46
- Santa Maria Navarrese to Cala Gonone
Sun 8 Jun 18:34
- Santa Maria Navarese
Thu 5 Jun 17:09
Wed 4 Jun 06:05
- Villasimius
Sun 1 Jun 12:54
- Cagliari

May 2014

Sat 31 May 19:30
- Capo di Pula
Thu 29 May 17:00
- Porto di Ponte Romano
Tue 27 May 14:30
- Carloforte, Isola San' Pietro, Sardinia
- Buggeru's modern ruins
Mon 26 May 20:01
Sat 24 May 07:13
- Bosa
Fri 23 May 13:32
- Bosa
Tue 20 May 14:33
- Goodbye dear Spain, hello Italy!
Sat 17 May 08:41
- Departure from Mahon
Sun 11 May 07:38
- First Sail of the Season

2013

Sep 2013

Mon 30 Sep 15:47
- Es Grau
- Addaya
Thu 26 Sep 23:15
- Mahon
Wed 25 Sep 16:32
- Cala Covas
Tue 24 Sep 15:29
- Cala Turqueta
- Cabo d'Artrutx - landfall on Menorca
Mon 23 Sep 16:24
- Leaving Mallorca, at last, with some regret
Mon 16 Sep 19:17
Sat 14 Sep 19:11
- Porto Cristo
Fri 13 Sep 19:16
- Cala Mitjana
Thu 12 Sep 22:13
- Ensanada de sa Rapita
Wed 11 Sep 22:29
- La Rapita
- Cabo Blanco
Tue 10 Sep 15:15
Mon 9 Sep 18:30
- Deia and Valdemossa
Sat 7 Sep 17:53
- Caves, grottos and majestic mountains
- Cala Tuent before the stars came out
Thu 5 Sep 18:09
- Exploring Sóller
Wed 4 Sep 20:21
- First view after Rounding Cap de Formentor, Mallorca
- Cliffs and caves and high high peaks

Aug 2013

Sat 31 Aug 19:44
- Cap de Formentor, Mallorca

Jun 2013

Thu 13 Jun 09:10
- Real Club Nautica Puerto de Pollensa
Tue 11 Jun 14:39
Mon 10 Jun 14:22
Sat 8 Jun 17:30
- Andratx
Fri 7 Jun 15:41
- Cala Xaraca
Thu 6 Jun 15:40
- In harbour at SanAntoni de Portmany
- Rounding Conejera
Wed 5 Jun 17:00
Mon 3 Jun 15:31
- Warm enough at last
- Cala Saona
Sun 2 Jun 09:22
- Correction re posidonia and website
- Isla Espelmador
Sat 1 Jun 14:53
- This is Izzie, our tender
- Been here before

May 2013

Thu 30 May 19:24
- That's the boat, the little one
- Cala Boix
Tue 28 May 06:17
- 8 am in Ibiza harbour
- Tom releasing the propeller from a snagged rope.
Mon 27 May 22:06
- Botafoch
Sat 25 May 14:46
- Cala Talamanca, Ibiza
Fri 24 May 19:18
- Portroig Cove, Ibiza
- Sailing the Clear Ocean Blue
Wed 22 May 21:50
- The Balearics!
Mon 20 May 17:21
- Villajoyosa
Sun 19 May 10:53
- Santa Pola
Sat 18 May 20:26
- About to set off again

2012

Sep 2012

Thu 27 Sep 14:26
Wed 26 Sep 16:44
- Cabo de Gata
Mon 24 Sep 20:46
- Almeria
Sun 23 Sep 21:46
- Motril, after a day in the Sierra Nevada
- Motril
Fri 21 Sep 07:39
- Fuengirola
Thu 20 Sep 18:24
- The sun's still hot and the sky is blue
Mon 17 Sep 22:48
- The Rock of Gibraltar
- Africa, from Tarifa, Strait of Gibraltar
Sun 16 Sep 21:49
- Chipiona, Cadiz and Gibraltar next
Thu 13 Sep 13:13
- Mending sails
Wed 12 Sep 23:00
- Customs officers board Beowulf at sea
- Chipiona
Tue 11 Sep 19:34
- Vila Real do Santo Antonio, River Guadiana
Mon 10 Sep 17:09
- Faro, Ilha da Culatra
Sun 9 Sep 19:35
- Albufeira
- Cape St Vincent
Fri 7 Sep 18:43
- Vasco da Gama...
- Days in Sines
Wed 5 Sep 01:45
- Sines
Tue 4 Sep 09:05
- Sesimbra
Sat 1 Sep 14:00
- Docs da Bom Sucesso, Belém, Lisbon

Aug 2012

Fri 31 Aug 15:10
- Something wrong?
Wed 29 Aug 21:11
- Lisbon
Tue 28 Aug 19:21
- Another view of I. da Berlenga
- Ilha da Berlenga
Mon 27 Aug 22:40
Sat 25 Aug 19:23
- Last of the sunset at Povoa de Varzim
- 41 22.284N 8 45.896W
Fri 24 Aug 06:50
- Baiona
Wed 22 Aug 20:58
- Portosin, in the Ria de Muros
Sun 19 Aug 20:49
Sat 18 Aug 17:03
- Laxe
- Farewell La Coruna
Fri 17 Aug 05:15
- Another day in La Coruna

Jul 2012

Fri 6 Jul 06:23
- And we've logged 1002 nautical miles from Wivenhoe
- Mañana, y mañana, y mañana...
Tue 3 Jul 17:09
- Interlude in La Coruna
Sun 1 Jul 21:57
- Some of the details
- La Coruna, Compostella, and goodbye and thank you Bill

Jun 2012

Sat 30 Jun 20:57
- La Coruna at last
- Clearing Cape Ortegal
Thu 28 Jun 17:13
- Safe in Spain. We did it.
Sat 23 Jun 16:02
- Cameret
Thu 21 Jun 21:09
- Bound for Biscay, out of Brest
Wed 20 Jun 12:39
- Brest
Mon 18 Jun 19:20
- The End of the English Channel
- L'Aber Wrac'h
Sun 17 Jun 12:49
- Bloscon (near Roscof)
Thu 14 Jun 06:21
- Treguier
- Through the night from Guernsey to Treguier
Wed 13 Jun 12:07
- Guernsey and points south
- Guernsey and points south
Mon 11 Jun 23:11
- Guernsey
- About to enter the Alderney Race
Sun 10 Jun 11:51
- Cherbourg with umbrellas
Sat 9 Jun 18:22
- Cherbourg
Thu 7 Jun 18:07
- Gales, squalls and overfalls
Wed 6 Jun 10:00
- Ouistreham
Mon 4 Jun 22:29
- Fécamp
Sun 3 Jun 16:50
- Lazy days in Dieppe
- Massive tide in a beautiful harbour
Sat 2 Jun 12:14
- A day of fog and now a birthday in Dieppe
Fri 1 Jun 23:27
- Dieppe

May 2012

Thu 31 May 17:45
- Vive la France
Wed 30 May 10:15
Tue 29 May 22:14
- Grrr
Mon 28 May 12:07
- To Dover in fog
Sun 27 May 21:54
- Across the Thames
Thu 24 May 16:20
- To Brightlingsea
Mon 21 May 20:40
- Getting ready for the cast-Off

Apr 2012

Sat 7 Apr 12:02
- Crossing the Thames Estuary October 2011
- Beowulf at Brightlingsea 2011
Fri 6 Apr 23:28
- Fitting out in Wivenhoe

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