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Okay, my next foray over to France, whenever that might be, is likely to be to stay in Briare and walk the complex local network, possibly getting the bus to Rogny as well (if I haven't got a car). One question, does anyone know why the lateral canal never extended downstream? I get that the river upstream was too unreliable, and that in the end the river crossing was too unreliable (rather like Beziers), was it more reliable downstream or was there not the demand? I note the river downstream is certainly not regarded as navigable today Edited to add, for those who don't know, Briare is where the Canal de Briare joins the Loire and with the Canal Du Centre and the Loire connected the Seine to the Rhone, the canal Lateral a la Loire was later built to connect the two other canals (and also the canal du Nivernais) without needing to use the river. Second, is there a general book on French Canal history, preferably in English but I could cope in French? Similar, at least in concept, to Hadfield's British Canals Third, whilst we here, how navigable is the Loire from the Mayenne to Nantes? Possible trip, maybe next year but more likely 2021 or 2022. Anyone done it? It would allow me to launch on the Mayenne, travel through Frome's twin town Chateau Gontier and then onto the Canal du Nantes a Brest at Nantes Asking these questions makes me realise what most newbies onto our canals must feel like!
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Folks (and Folkies!) The short version - I'm almost certainly going to the Festival de Loire this year in Orleans, it's 18th-22nd September in Orleans. The Songbird is keen on coming with me, which is a delight, but before Sara commits, Sara is not as interested in boats and waterways as I am, but is very interested in music and live music, at almost any level from buskers to stadium concerts (a passion I also share). I'd love Sara to come but not on a false premise. The festival itself is about waterways and boats, but I'm assuming that at a festival this size, and in a town like Orleans, some live music won't be hard to come by, but does anyone know? Has anyone been? Now, the slightly longer version, we're organising a riverside music festival in Chateau Gontier for summer 2020 and aiming to meet the French contingent (whom we already know through Twinning, CG is Frome's twin town - they have had Sara headline charity concerts in CG) and whilst it's a three hour drive to CG from Orleans, ya know, it's just a good excuse...
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Just a few pics from an excellent week. Thanks to Pluto and the rest of the L&L/waterway museum team for making it such a fabulous time! Boats and Breton musicians in this batch I'll keep adding to them a few at a time.
