Date

Passage

Distance

Comments

1 June

Depart for Ramsgate, then:
Ramsgate-Boulogne
Boulogne-Dieppe
Dieppe-Fecamp
Fecamp-Le Havre


40m
55m
32m
25m

 

w/c 4th June

continues
w/c 11 June
and 18 June

River Seine cruise stopping at:
Rouen
Les Andelys
Vernon
Limay
Rueil Malmaison

365km
6 locks
Max air 6m

In company with Jomima

~20 June

Arrive at Paris Arsenal

  

Sam & Francis to visit (23/6)
Debbie & Paul to visit (24/6-27)
Home visit (27/6 - 4/7)

w/c 16 July
continues
w/c 23 July

River Marne cruise through Champagne region stopping at:
Meaux
Chateau-Thierry
Cumieres
Epernay

201km
22 locks
Max air 3.5m

 

w/c 30 July
continues
w/c 7 Aug

Cruise to Ardennes region stopping at:
Reims
Le Chesne

 

Planned route to Holland blocked by long lock closure

w/c 13 Aug
continues
w/c 20 Aug

Return via northern France & the Somme, stopping at:
Rethel
Chauny
Péronne
Amiens
St Valery-sur-Somme

  

A compromise between the shortest route to the coast and an interesting cruise