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Did the boat come back with you David or did it remain there when you returned ?

David, Did you cross the channel in this boat? or was it permanently moored in France

I took it by lorry to Calais in 1991 (for 3 months...), boated around the main French system and a bit of Belgium, moved to the Angers/ Le Mans area in 2007, and then moved to Brittany in 2011. I brought her home in 2018, fearing a more complicated boating life post-Brexit.

David, what a lovely narrow boat & how good to look back on your travels in Europe, hope you are still travelling the waterways !

I'd no idea as to how much a narrow boat would weigh, having just had a look on the web they can range in weight from around 15 tons to over 30 tons, so yes a big crane needed.

I'd imagine you would have seen a lot more from the canals too David, rather than from the roads.

Cyril - it's roughly a tonne per metre - so Falcon weighs in around 13/14 tonnes.
You don't see any more than you would on the road - you just take more of what you do see in.
Helen - yes, we're boating - catching up on the canals which were unnavigable when we left in 1991, we've just done the Rochdale and the Huddersfield Narrow Canals.

A great deal of work involved in that type of holiday! Even before sailing off into the blue yonder. You must be able to write a book on your sailing travels Rev. David. Holidays in great outdoorsy style...what more could one ask for.