We don't send postcards usually, we post them here.

Friday 20 November 2009

Coming or Going?


All being well, we will be at home as you read this, unsure of where we are, or perhaps who we are even. The arrows in our minds are running in lots of conflicting directions at the moment, but I think it's fair to say we have a plan!

There may not be as many postcards for a month or two, but if we can acclimatise to the good old heat of home, I've got a bit of a revamp planned for this and most of my other sites, so stay tuned, and thanks for sharing the ride with us, it's been a joy to receive all those comments and feedback!


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Thursday 19 November 2009

Winter Green



In Wales, the trees are green even in winter.

Green and soft.

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Wednesday 18 November 2009

We'll miss the spring.



One of the great things about going home, is that we'll miss the depth of winter. One of the sad things about not coming back until mid year, is that we'll miss the spring. We'll just have to leave that for another time!

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Tuesday 17 November 2009

Barge



Even the barges think it's autumn.

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Monday 16 November 2009

Winter Arrives



Time to pack the boat away till next year I think. Two days till the next round of airport xrays and body searches begins!

In three days time it will be summer.

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Sunday 15 November 2009

Silo



From our mooring on the Bourgogne even the grain silos looked lush against the autumn sky.

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Saturday 14 November 2009

Autumn Arrives
7 of 7



Sure, I could have shown you the reds, the oranges, the cars and the kiddies frolicking in the leaves, but I ididn't!

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Friday 13 November 2009

Autumn Arrives
6 of 7



We could just tell that soon it would be cold enough to go home for a time!

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Thursday 12 November 2009

Autumn Arrives
5 of 7



By the third day, the water was paved with leaves.

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Wednesday 11 November 2009

Autumn Arrives
4 of 7



Then the trees started to fluoresce.

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Tuesday 10 November 2009

Autumn Arrives
3 of 7



Two days after the frost, the water started to glow.

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Monday 9 November 2009

Autumn Arrives
2 of 7



Then we had a frost. Well we had two days of waking to ice on the boat and within hours the trees seemed to understand what was expected of them.

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Sunday 8 November 2009

Autumn Arrives
1 of 7



We were bemoaning the fact that it was nearly winter and we hadn't seen Autumn. We wanted a proper autumn, the sort that one sees in the picture books, all we had thus far was the odd dark foggy morning.

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Saturday 7 November 2009

Surprise!



Yep, you can even buy the teeshirt and the dinner plate.

"If you eat all of your potatoes Sebastian, you'll see his date!"

What WERE they thinking?


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Friday 6 November 2009

Colours



The fog isn't just about trees disappearing into the horizon, colours become strangely muted. Vibrant yellows become pastels, the sky becomes... err... soft blue?

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Thursday 5 November 2009

Reflections



Tired of reflections?

Oh well.

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Wednesday 4 November 2009

Mist



Sometimes the feeling of moving through the reflections is almost surreal, it's truly living in a postcard, without having to buy a stamp.

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Tuesday 3 November 2009

Ibis



The MV Ibis glides under a bridge before squeezing into a lock.

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Monday 2 November 2009

Fisherman



It's cold, it's foggy, and the sun isn't quite over the horizon.

People do this for fun.

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Sunday 1 November 2009

Evening near the lock



If one arrives at a lock too late in the evening to go through, well one may as well moor for the night and make the most of the sunset one supposes.

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