Why sailing in Brittany is simply stunning - with miles of Napoleonic-era canals to explore
Ticky Hedley-Dent enjoys a break on French waterways with Le Boat 'Sailing at six miles an hour was pure pleasure,' she writes READ MORE: Inside the hyper-luxurious Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris
Pootling at six miles an hour was pure pleasure. Particularly because, at the controls of our cabin boat, I had the choice between three settings: slow, slower and off.
The day before, we 'We boarded the overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Saint-Malo with our two boys, Noah, 11, and Hector, eight. “It will be an adventure,” I promised them.
Our destination was Messac, just two hours away, where we picked up our floating house. and begins a family vacation on the canals of Brittany.
Messac is a medieval town at the center of a vast network of canals which weave a web of enchanting spider. throughout the region.
The idea was to explore La France Profonde and read enriching novels. Our sons, for their part, would delight in the bucolic charms of the countryside.
Pootling at six miles an hour was pure pleasure. Particularly because, at the controls of our cabin boat, I had the choice between three settings: slow, slower and off.
The day before, we 'We boarded the overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Saint-Malo with our two boys, Noah, 11, and Hector, eight. “It will be an adventure,” I promised them.
Our destination was Messac, just two hours away, where we picked up our floating house. and begins a family vacation on the canals of Brittany.
Messac is a medieval town at the center of a vast network of canals which weave a web of enchanting spider. throughout the region.
The idea was to explore La France Profonde and read enriching novels. Our sons, for their part, would delight in the bucolic charms of the countryside.
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