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We have spent a fair bit of time cruising in the South Pacific aboard our 33 years young 11.1metre yacht, Pastime of Sydney. We are now cruising through the canals and rivers of France on our old barge, "Anja", which was built in the North of the Netherlands in 1903. Anja was 110 years old in May 2013 and we celebrated with good French Champagne- but the boat did not get any! In 2014, for Anja's 111th, we took her back to where she was built in the North of the Netherlands.
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Congratulations Christian and Chantal

A very BIG "Congratulations" to our dear friends Christian and Chantal who completed the "Chemin de St. Jacques de Compostelle" yesterday. They have walked all the way from their house in Burgundy (Charbuy, Bourgogne) to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. That is a distance of 1860km, all on foot and across the Pyrenees. They have walked several hundred kilometres each year for a number of years to complete this amazing feat. It has been their holiday each year for three to four weeks each time. They can onkly take a short time each year because of their commitments to their "Bed and Breakfast"- Les Chouettes (Chambre d'hotes in French).

 

They finished this wonderful pilgrimage on the day we completed our journey on Anja in 2014 and what also makes it special is the fact that it is my (David's) birthday.

 

In other news, we left Anja at her winter home this morning and then took the train to the beautiful St Malo in Brittany (Bretagne). We completed 2588Km on Anja this year (but we were not walking!)

collThe happy couple at the end of a wonderful journey

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St-Malo, France
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Anja and ourselves home
Fire Organ and Patrimony Day
 

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