Holiday report Canal du Midi, from Carnon Plage (Montpellier) to Homps (single voyage): 140 km, 17 locks, 25 operational engine hours, 4 persons on board + mascot dog Ella (team Holidayboat.net-Vakantieboot.nl)
Saturday we embarked at 16 hours in Carnon Plage (Montpellier), after quite some preparation.
We had not been able to leave from the Netherlands before Thursday night. With two cars we covered the 1350 kms distance and our Fiat Ducato is not that fast that you can drive this distance in one day.
The final 200 kms we sometimes had to climb and to descent like a chamois…
The route went by Maastricht, Liège, Luxemburg, Nancy, Dijon, Châlon sur Saône, with a connection to the A75 direction Clermont-Ferrand and Millau
over the highest bridge in the world , due to our visit to our French headquarters in Digoin (Southern Burgundy). Not very much sleep for the Fiat delivery van driver. This car had to be parked into a covered garage in Homps by Saturday early afternoon. Continue reading Canal du Midi – Holiday Report – Saturday