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    • ViajanteWeihnachten / Neujahr 2023/24
      Dia 9

      Ohne Strom nix los

      2 de janeiro, França ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C

      Ich wache auf. Es ist kühl. Die Decke gibt warm. Trotzdem ist es kühl. Ein Blick auf die Uhr: Es ist 6:01. Peter öffnet auch die Augen. Er sagt: ‚Mann ist das kalt hier drin!‘

      Er steht auf, kontrolliert das Technik-Panel. Plötzlich geht alles schnell. Kein Warten auf die Sonne, kein Frühstück am Strand, kein Spaziergang mit CAP am Sandmeer.

      Wir haben keinen Strom mehr. Peter flucht: ‚Einen Scheiss-TV mit Satelliten-Schüssel für 3‘000 Franken montieren aber keine Solarzellen.‘

      Nicht nur das Wasser ist jetzt alle, auch der Strom. In Windeseile wird alles fahrsicher gemacht, CAP kurz ausgeführt und hopp de Böse (hopp der Besen). Unser Wuffi fand das gar nicht lustig. Die Zugbrücke ist zum ersten Mal geschlossen. Ich steige aus, will mir ansehen, was da los ist. Eine Gewaltsbrücke und ich kann kaum erwarten, was da kommt 👉 Video.

      In der Dunkelheit loszufahren vergönnt uns noch einmal einen letzten Blick auf Weihnachtsdekos à la français und ich rede mir heftig ein, dass der verpasste Sonnenaufgang eh nicht lohnenswert gewesen wäre.

      Das mit dem Sonnenaufgang war wohl die grösste Lüge des Tages. Noch röter hätte der Himmel nicht sein können. Na ja. Irgend einen Grund gibt es, dass wir gehen mussten. Ach ja. Der Strom ist schuld. Und die fehlenden Solarzellen. Und alle, die meinen Spaziergang am Strand verhindert haben. 🤪 Hab ich eigentlich schon erzählt, dass wir einen Stromgenerator dabei haben? Nicht? Dann wisst Ihr es jetzt (bitte nicht lachen).

      Bei der Entdeckerreise nach Frischwasser entlang der Autobahn sind wir bei der dritten Raststätte endlich fündig geworden. Obendrauf gab es auch noch einen grossen Laden nur mit Nougat. Yammi. Ich denke, ich werde diese Packungen verschenken. Meine Figur wird es mir danken. 🙏🏼

      Da wir eher spät ankommen werden, gehen wir in Voiron einkaufen und ich und mein Navi ‚Waze‘ jagen danach Schiffi über Stock und Stein, bis wir wieder auf der Autobahn sind. 😂 Er nimmt‘s mit Humor und ich habe echt ein wenig Schiss, dass wir irgendwo steckenbleiben. Aber wie hab ich zu Schiffi gesagt? Wenn der Müllwagen durchkommt, schaffen wir es auch. Jawohl!

      In ein paar Stunden sind wir daheim. Ich freue mich auf eine groooosse Dusche mit viiiiiiel warmem Wasser und einem Bett mit Luxusmatratze!      Leia mais

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    • Cruising donkeysThe journey home
      Dia 335

      Late afternoon stroll

      22 de fevereiro de 2020, França ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      After a busy day, well not really who am I kidding, we decided to go for a walk upriver along the Rhône but off the main walking/cycling trail. The scenery was lovely but it was missing the spring flowers that you see in Guernsey. All we found were a few daisies and the May blossom, no bulbs of any description. It was still very pretty and peaceful and the sunshine was magnificent. Each day we are managing to do a bit of boat work, at the moment we are redoing the sikaflex seals between the saloon and the decks as they were getting a bit rusty and we really don’t want that spreading and weakening the top side of the decks.
      Well there is now only a week to go till we leave Port Saint Louis. We won’t be starting the canals straight away but soon 🤞. Yesterday and today have been sunny days and with a lot less wind than predicted.
      We have met another Brit he has bought his boat here for the new owners to collect so won’t be here long but a really interesting guy. About my age I think but has been on boats since he left home at 16 and sailed his 25foot yacht to Portugal. He has all the tickets and now captains all sorts of super yachts both as crew and to relocate. He had some great stories to tell of his adventures over the years. He lived in Majorca for a while and worked with Street Angels the charity that helps drunken Brits get safely back to their hotels I think they are based in Magaluf. We also said goodbye to Nicholas our French Normandy friend as we met him on our way back to townafter going to the Chandlers to buy more paint (ours had ‘gone off’) and his plans keep changing so we might not see him again.      Leia mais

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    • Cruising donkeysThe journey home
      Dia 285

      Salin de Giraud

      3 de janeiro de 2020, França ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      Well we had a beautiful day, Sun was shining almost no wind and nothing else to do so we decided to revisit Salin de Giraud. As this was a planned excursion we remembered the iPad for photos as well as some snacks and water.
      We rode up along the east bank of the Rhône to Barcarin, where the ferry is spotting a bird of prey on the way, it might have been a buzzard. We arrived just in time to hop straight on and across we went, the river was definitely in a much calmer and more relaxed state than the first time, but we’ve had no real rain for a few weeks so that makes sense. Once across we headed back down towards the sea not quite on the West bank of the river as the tow path there was a bit bumpy for our not mountain bikes but initially we were on a new cycle lane but this did disappear. On the way down we saw another bird of prey, and stopped at an artificially raised viewing platform to see the salt flats and salt mountain. The info boards told that this salt was used for the roads so wasn’t refined very much. Then onwards to the beach, this one also had a lifeguard station also only open for the two summer months. The beach was very long and apart from the lifeguard station the only features were the wooden teepees that visitors had built out of drift wood. There seemed to be a lot less rubbish perhaps this is because the prevailing wind carries the river rubbish east to Port St Louis’s beach. We stopped for a snack and to watch a family have fun extricating their people carrier from the sand, then back up to Salin for a hot chocolate. The cafe/bar/restaurant is a bit odd it is one big room with a really high ceiling a section that is the ‘restaurant’ a bar on one wall and random decor, photo on next post.John said it reminded him of a church hall or old fashioned community hall. Near the ferry we met a ram with enormous horns and saw two more birds of prey, maybe the same ones again who knows.      Leia mais

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    • ViajanteWeihnachten / Neujahr 2023/24
      Dia 1

      Bonjour Camargue

      25 de dezembro de 2023, França ⋅ 🌙 9 °C

      Die kleine Fensterjalousie in unserer Schlafecke war offen und wir haben daraus die Lichter der riesigen Tanker und Containerschiffe vor dem Hafen von Fos-sur-Mer gesehen. Auf keinen Fall wollte ich den Sonnenaufgang verpassen. Dem jungen witzigen CAP ging es gleich. Er realisierte vor mir, dass die Morgendämmerung da war und stupste mich mit seiner feuchten Nase ganz sanft wach. Eigentlich wollte er sagen: Hey! Steh endlich auf, der Morgen ist da! Ich will rauuus! 🤣

      Gerne. Peter und ich flogen in die Kleider und CAP tappte draussen bei 3 Grad Celsius bereits im Sand herum. Mist, ich habe meine Mütze vergessen. Kein Wunder aber auch, denn Peter hat kurze Hosen eingepackt. CAP ist das egal und er hüpft im Sand herum wie ein junger Rehbock. 😃

      Hinter uns verabschiedete sich der Mond und vor uns wartete der Sonnenaufgang. Doch zuerst gab es am Strand viel zu entdecken: Kleine und grosse Vogelspuren und mächtige Bremsspuren von CAP im Sand. Wann immer es geht, probiert CAP den Frisbee in der Luft zu schnappen. Alles andere wird mächtig sandig und schmeckt nicht wirklich.

      Beim Rückweg zum WoMo zeigte sich die Sonne und ein glücklicher, zufriedener Hund hielt in einer unmöglichen Schlafposition ein Nickerchen.      Leia mais

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    • Cruising donkeysThe journey home
      Dia 280

      More preparations

      29 de dezembro de 2019, França ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

      So we have had a couple of days of sun and only mild winds which has been very pleasant. Today we decided to finish of the work we had started on our secondhand Bimini and cover. We bought this in early spring this year from some friends in Levkas, they were getting a higher one, The problem we had was that as once the masts had been removed we would have had no shade for the outside steering position. We until now used the Missen boom and various stays to secure a shade cover. But with the frame now cut to size it looks like it will be perfect for keeping the sun off so now we just have to figure out how to keep the mozzies at bay. Would you believe they were out with us today looking for a lunchtime snack.Leia mais

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    • Cruising donkeysThe journey home
      Dia 259

      Port Saint Louis du Rhone

      8 de dezembro de 2019, França ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

      Well we have been in our winter marina for just over a week and feel we are getting to know the place quite well. While we have been here though two of the other visiting liveaboard boats have left, we think there is one other boat with full time residents and a few weekenders. The facilities (loos, showers and laundry) are clean dry and wonderfully warm, there is also a common room with TV and DVD that we can use. There is a supermarket nearby that sells John’s preferred GF bread and well stocked chandlery’s so John is mostly happy. He however a bit concerned about the temperatures, one morning this week we were showing only 2.5 degs on the external thermometer and that’s early December he’s not sure he will like January and February very much. Take a Five now looks a little different as we have removed the Missen mast, we aren’t thinking we will put it back as we haven’t used the Missen at all and without it we feel we have so much more deck space. Sadly there is no gym for me to use but I have found a boxercise type class that’s very energetic and hope to start running again soon, niggling Achilles injury just not healing, and am using common room for Pilates/yoga/body balance type workouts. We are planning to cycle to Arles when weather is cooperative for an overnight stay, it is about 35km if the signs are to be believed. And the buses to Martigues allow us to visit a large Bricolage (DIY) store, John is thinking about building a folding table around the Missen tabernacle?
      So far we have had at least two good days for each bad one but this coming week doesn’t look so good forecasted winds with gusts around 45km/hr every day except Wednesday which is good as Wednesday is market day.
      We try to do a longish ride every day and have ridden to the beach every few days and have started a little beach cleaning, just a carrier bag of plastic bottles each visit as well as collecting some of the more interesting finds that I will put on the photos to see if anyone can invent a story to link them together.      Leia mais

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    • Cruising donkeysThe journey home
      Dia 325

      Take Five without masts

      12 de fevereiro de 2020, França ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

      Well that’s it the boat is now ready, it is mastless. The de-stepping was quick and painless and DMS are dumping the old missen mast for us. They are now removing the spars and wrapping it all ready for collection and transport to Rouen. No rush we don’t anticipate getting there before June.
      The morning of potentially our final open water sojourn until the English channel was not great. We awoke to find a catamaran sinking alongside the quay where it appeared to have been towed by the local lifeboat crew. We don’t know what happened but it was definitely entertaining and I now know that my aerobic instructor is a fireman. Thankfully after about three hours of pumping three pumps both hills were again afloat and it has been moved to an official mooring for now. The pretty pink picture shows storm Ciara on its way to Guernsey.      Leia mais

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    • Cruising donkeysThe journey home
      Dia 321

      Short update

      8 de fevereiro de 2020, França ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

      Things are still progressing well with the various projects. John’s oil filters have arrived so he can finish the generator service but we are still waiting to receive the Perspex so he can repair the windscreen.
      I have finished my socks and started on John’s, the cross stitch crab is progressing well. Still haven’t started a project for the variegated blue wool but lots of time for that.
      We have made a few more wombling trips to the beach and actually walked right along the beach to the River mouth. There is so much timber there as well as obviously a lot of beached detritus, mostly plastic with a scary number of flip flops.
      Next week on Wednesday the main mast comes off! To do this we have to motor round to Port Napoleon where DMS will be removing and storing the mast until the transporters pick it up. We have already lubed all the bottle screws, the only unknown is the bolt through the tabernacle, this twists but at the moment we think the mast weight and Stays pressure prevent us removing it. This feels like real progress so now we need to sort out where the mast will go too in Northern France to wait for us. We are thinking either Rouen or Honfleur. We are also going to buy our canal cruising permit so we can benefit for the early purchase discount.      Leia mais

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    • Cruising donkeysThe journey home
      Dia 308

      The joys of live aboard overwintering

      26 de janeiro de 2020, França ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

      Well the weather hasn’t been all bad we have had a very mixed bag. Yesterday was sunny and we took a ride to the beach for wombling as well as shopping for Sunday Roast ingredients and doing the washing. The last few days we have been working on various projects.
      John has been focusing on wiring up the various electronics. The radar, radio, compass and GPS were all previously on the Missen mast that is no more so needed to be mounted elsewhere and reconnected. Everything is now complete.
      My jobs were more domestic in nature. I made a big batch of chunky carrot and coriander soup, as it’s nice to have a warm lunch on those cold days and the French believe soup should should be smooth whereas I want to chew my food. Some more carrot cakes to help fatten John up so he doesn’t get so cold. I have also made a cover, by hand, (machine broke) for the new stern tabernacle folding table John is going to build. My DPNs finally arrived, for those of you who are not knitters DPNs are double pointed needles, so I am now knitting my first pair of socks 🧦. The first one is a bit pointy on the toe as I got the cast off instructions a bit confused 🤷‍♀️ but nailed it for the heel section so second sock should be perfect! I am also doing my first ever bit of cross stitch thanks to my birthday present from Michelle and Paul. Took a few stitches to appreciate the need to do all the / before coming back with the \ but it’s going well now and I love the nautical theme. At the moment I am feeling inspired to maybe make a cross stitch Take Five but this enthusiasm may well wear off. I also have some new blue chunky wool that I am looking for a project for, any suggestions anyone?      Leia mais

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    • Cruising donkeysThe journey home
      Dia 265

      Getting settled

      14 de dezembro de 2019, França ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      Well we have been here over two weeks already and although the weather hasn’t been great it’s been a lot better than in Guernsey. We have put up our Christmas decorations inside and out. We are the only decorated boat in the marina. At the moment we have some more liveaboard boats but not sure if they are just here to avoid the SE Gale/storm we are experiencing, they are all french and we hardly ever we the residents.
      Thank you to those who sent us new Christ decorations, we love them.
      I have also attached a photo of me in the finished pullover thing I knitted. It doesn’t look quite like the pattern photo it’s bigger as I knit very loosely even though I used a smaller size needle and pattern to compensate. In its favour it is lovely and warm.
      Last Friday we headed back to Martigues by bus to go to the DIY store for various things but primarily wood so John could build a folding table around the Missen mast tabernacle. Unfortunately our Martigues luck, or lack of, was holding out as after over an hours journey we got to the store to find out that for technical reasons their wood saw was out of action. At least the trip only cost €4in total, well and lunch of course but a person has to eat. The nearby hypermarket was doing a deal on some GF biscuits so we saved the cost of the trip in biscuits. We also bought some new sheets as ours were a bit grubby and even whitener was no longer making the grade. The other thing we had hoped to buy at the DIY store was Perspex to replace the panel that the wind blew out 2weeks ago, and we thought we had done it until, John double checked his measuring (after we had paid) and realised it was too small to we had to return that at least we hadn’t carried it home.
      A bit of luck we have had is that on one of forays to the beach we saw a long scaffold board and later in the day when John went back a saw it was still there so he reduced the length to 8foot and cycled back with it, carefully.
      There is also a photo of some more scavenging finds. We are still collecting plastic bottles and other rubbish each time we get to the beach to the amazement of the locals.
      John is again back in the engine room doing something semi technical and as I did the washing yesterday I am looking for things to do. I have some sewing projects but am waiting for the market tomorrow to buy some grey thread for the new liner curtain, and for new needles before I tackle the table cover, as material quite strong.
      I have however made my own GF vegetarian mincemeat and then some mince pies using shop bought GF pastry, they aren’t bad, but as no more GF pastry until we return to Martigues I need to try making that as well as have lots of mincemeat left over. It ridiculous what you consider doing if you are bored enough.      Leia mais

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