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A day in the snow

On March 23, 2010 By mike

Friday 19th – Monday 22nd March 2010

A quick holiday report but not canal related – sorry. The only link I can think of is snow, as for the last 4 days I have been in and around the Austrian and German Alps, while the UK is recovering from the most snowy winter in memory.

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Marko Polo – an extraordinary tale of how this car ferry crashed into an island just after we got off

On November 23, 2009 By mike

Last month we took the elegant 1970′s car ferry, Marko Polo, down the Croatian Coast from Rijeka, via Split, Hvar and Korcula to Dubrovnic, and I was just looking through my photographs thinking what a marvellous trip this was. Michael Palin used the exact Continue Reading →

Holiday report – no canals this time!

On April 28, 2009 By mike

What an anticlimax coming home to lashing rain and colder temperatures this morning than we had in a week of travelling through Latvia, Estonia and Finland.

Looking outside at the rain I can’t get inspired to write anything about canals today so here’s a few jottings about our holiday instead. Personally I can’t see the attraction [...]

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Wifi in Finland and Estonia

On April 26, 2009 By mike

Changing the subject from life on board slightly, this week I have been on holiday. Not quite as exciting as our last trip to Moldova and Ukraine, but still off the beaten tourist track. We flew last week to Riga, capital of Latvia, travelled overland to Tallin in Estonia and flew back yesterday from Helsinki, [...]

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