We're only days away from the lockdown lifting date, we're just outside of Paris on the river Marne and almost ready to go. We wanted to film more stuff in this episode as we were waiting for our package to arrive. anyway, it came just in time and we unbox...
In this episode, we prepare the boat to go upstream where we plan to raft up against a large barge. We sort out the solar shower, put up the tarp/bimini and many other things to help us through the French Canal system. Wildlings on the River coming VERY SO...
We finally leave!! We head up river (about 30km east of Paris) where it's supposedly unnavigable, but with some local knowledge it can be done. We also uncover a problem with the engine, it's smoking, not good news as we want to use it to continue many hun...
Some dull and not so dull times, our engines been smoking a bit (yet it turnerd out to be completely normal), and our filter is dripping Diesel. Not what we wanted before starting an epic cruise through the French canals.
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In this episode, we head out of Meaux in Northern Central France and head to a nice little spot called La Ferte Sous Juarre. We passed through 2 river locks. This was just a typical day cruising on the French Canals on a budget (Well, rivers in this case!)...
We saw a little dude in need of rescue so we risked our boat and crew to save a life. I think he was grateful. This was on our way from a little place called la ferte sous jouarre (I think) to Chateau Thierry in central northern France. We're making our wa...
In this episode we make our way across central France via the River Marne and it's Canals. we start of in a nice little town called Chateau Thierry and end up in a little place in the Champagne region called Reuil. We have a couple of problems, a tree stuc...
The old girl here being Good Tidings and NOT Nadiyana. Every day we learn something new about our little floaty home, she's chunky, sometimes has a mind of her own but she's a beast and will take us anywhere, even to Champagne (from a little town called Re...
Take another trip with us on the Marne River and into the canal system that will take us south to the Mediterranean. We set off from Cumieres, make a one nights stop in Conde Sur Marne and finish of in Chalon en Champagne. Nadiyana bosses the locks once ag...
Well well well. No showers available due to Covid 19. then not a bad little trip up the canals, until arguments break out, the water becomes way too shallow, the boat can't hardly mood because of the weed. some extremely tall locks, Nadiyana gets injured, ...
Weed in there water intake, Overheating engine, white smoke, stuck in the canal. what do we do? find out in this video.
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Weed everywhere, nowhere to moor so we had to anchor in a tiny canal using a kedge to keep us inline and away from the rocky sides. Join us again as we make our way south to the Mediterranean via the French canals, in this episode we are on the champagne e...
It just gets worse and worse, absolutely exhausting. Mark gets on to the bank to pull chubby old Good Tidings out of the mess. The French Canals really are a mess this year, but please don't be put off on any future travel, as it will be better next year, ...
After some gruelling days on the canals, the sun came out and we made some pretty relaxed progress. Nadiyana, The Yunnan Cowgirl, showed of some of her (ahem!) skills. and Mark walks you through some of France's most wild locks.
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What happens when your first mate is only little, but she needs to do all the rope work. She likes to get the rope on the top bollard which isn't always easy, as you'll see. These are not the tallest locks, however, they are difficult to get onto due to th...
This tunnel was straight out of a Tim Burton film. Water dripping from the ceiling, the Balesmes Tunnel was EPIC! We also practice our docking skills and lots more in this episode, We hope you enjoy!!
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After some good progress, a little less complaining about the weed about 20 odd locks later and we're on the Saone river. it feels like we're on the home straight now!! progress will be much much faster to the Mediterranean now!!
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If you want to cut costs, be willing to pay the price. In this episode we make our way from Auxonne through to Chalon Sur Saone and then off to Tournus. Enjoy the ride!
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We reached 10k Subs on Youtube, WOW!! So here's the full length clip of us in the River Rhones biggest lock, enjoy! We have fast forwarded a little bit here... in the next video we'll be back on the Saone River
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In this video we go from a town called Tournus to a small city called Macon then the peaceful town of Montmerle and end up in a little beautiful place called Trevoux. Mark catches a couple of fish which plays with his conscience and nadiyana plays a bit fr...
How about this for off grid boat life? after making our way through the French Canals, We come to the end of the river Saone and stop off in Lyon, France's 3rd largest city. It was nice, kind of! Mark has his complaints as usual! We then head of into Franc...
We start of in the heart of the burgundy region of France, home to some of the worlds best red wine, then head to the treat of a place called Tournon then on to Viviers, A beautiful little town on the River Rhone. This is boat life at its uncomplicated and...
It's the home straight now. In this video we explore the lovely little town of Viviers and get ourselves down to Avingnon, a very special place with lots of history. We hope you enjoy the video!!
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Well, we did it! the final stretch to the sea. There's been highs and lows, it's been nothing short of epic, but now its time for chubby old good tidings to get out sailing in the Mediterranean. Well not before some mildly extensive work in the boat yard o...
gelcoat repairs, osmosis treatment, gland packing diesel filter. and that's just the tip of the iceberg, enjoy!!
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We were so tempted to pay to get the crane to lift up the mast, but we had the wood we used to take the mast down still on the boat and thought we could save 100 euros by doing so. So we're we wise to step the mast with an A-frame? find out in this video.
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How many little boat jobs can you fit into one video?
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After 2 weeks on the hard, we get the old girl Good Tidings back into the sea. In this episode, we check everythings ok and wait for a package containing our boating essentials, fenders! we also fit our new Jabsco bilge pump thanks to our friend Ben, a pot...
We sail off into freedom! Let's see how this pans out... in this video we go from Port Saint Louis to the Iles du Frioul, just outside of Marseille in the South of France. This is sailing at it's best.
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We run from a Mistral wind in the South coast of France as we make our way from the Iles du frioul, outside of Marseilles, to La Ciotat. Passing by the Calanques. The seas become lumpy rather quickly, Luckily we were prepared for it. Nadiyana battles with ...
Once again, another windy sail, we escaped the worst of it but we just caught the tail end of the trip in a Mistral which blew all night. In this video we talk about how we plan our sails and what equipment we use. We think we were pushing the boat a littl...
In this episode we explore some islands, constantly change anchor, anchor in some weed! and run from an incoming mistral, this is anchoring boat life at its best.
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That's right! we're selling our beloved boat. In this episode we ride out some pretty high winds at anchor then sail to Let Lavandou marina in the south of France.
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Anchor Anxiety in Le Lavandou, South of France. We take our little sailing boat out of the marina a little earlier than planned as there was no space for us left there, this meant that we had to anchor out in some pretty high winds.
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A real crazy day at sea. First stopped by the military, then a lifeboat then an unexpected visit from a large pod of dolphins. There was also some freaky winds, nice and terrible sailing, but no fish. this was cruising in a nutshell
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