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The Joy of Boating

22 July 2014

The Red Ensign is very much alive and fluttering on the French waterway system if my recent travels are anything to go by. Just as cruising round the UK canal and river system is a retirement dream for many, so it seems is taking your boat across the Channel and doing the same in Burgundy, the Loire and the Midi. There are Dutch barges, Cruisers and Narrowboats registered at UK marinas in the Midlands, North and the Home Counties meandering through France Profonde proudly flying their national colours.

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