Devon to Basle

(Updated) Started badly coming to a halt after 20 minutes on A38 just before it becomes the M5, fortunately stoppage was only 10 minutes and as usual once moving there was no obvious cause for theEn savoir plus
(Updated) Started badly coming to a halt after 20 minutes on A38 just before it becomes the M5, fortunately stoppage was only 10 minutes and as usual once moving there was no obvious cause for theEn savoir plus
Today,s cruise is all by coach with an early start for Lucerne to arrive mid morning for a shortish stop. Just enough time to wander by the river and see the wooden bridges and along the lake withEn savoir plus
Left Basle at 07:00 this morning to sail down the Rhine, actually most of the voyage was down the man made Rhine Canal running parallel to the real river. Seeing a variety of commercial barges andEn savoir plus
Arrived Strasbourg overnight and moored in the commercial harbour. Picked up by coaches at 9:00 and taken into the centre of Strasbourg where we met our guide for a walking tour of the old city. TheEn savoir plus
Woke up in Speyer, only one guide appeared for our 9:00 walking tour, the other apparently couldn’t find where we were moored. No coaches today, 15 minutes walk along the river path then through aEn savoir plus
Started day in Rudesheim and went on the walking tour while the boat was being resupplied with essentials. Moored close to the town the initial issue was crossing the railway line, at this part of theEn savoir plus
Left Koblenz early morning and cruised up to Cologne arriving just after 12, the position is very central near the cathedral and the rail bridge, famous for all the padlocks attached to the railingsEn savoir plus
Dawn over the rail bridge from our cabin. As BA have cancelled our original flight we have an extra 3 hours here in Cologne before the coach comes to take us to Düsseldorf, so chance for another walkEn savoir plus