A typical cruise is 6 nights/7 days long, this seems to be the standard for canal cruises; however we are flexible and happy to arrange 3 night weekend cruises, 2 week cruises, alternatively for those who love to cruise, or perhaps those thinking about taking to a life afloat, we can arrange longer cruises. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Before every cruise we need to communicate to share necessary information to ensure the cruise is a great holiday, including agreement of the designated pick-up point where we will collect you, which will be local to the barge, typically a train station, a car rental office, or a hotel and the designated drop-off point at the end of the cruise. Guests with their own car can decide where to leave it and that will be the designated pick-up and drop-off point.

Dinner is taken ashore and not included in the cost of the charter; so that we can identify and book restaurants, cafes or bistros, we need to know the budget per person.

Day One, Guests will be met at or after 3pm, at the designated pick-up point and brought to the barge in our MPV. Upon arrival we will serve welcome refreshments and chat about the operation of the barge, then take a tour to understand the facilities on board and we'll have a safety briefing. So that Guests can relax after the journey, we'll prepare and serve dinner on board on the evening of arrival.

Day Two, enjoy a traditional French style breakfast of fresh croissants, pain au chocolat, & bread with jams, cheese, cold cuts and fruit, served with tea, coffee and fruit juices. Load up a breakfast tray and eat it on deck, in the dinning room or the sun lounge as you wish.

We cruise each morning to our destination and try to moor by noon, so we can enjoy a light lunch, taken on board, which might be a chilled pea soup, a flan/quiche, or some fish, served with fresh salad and followed by a sorbet or fruit.

Each afternoon can be spent exploring by foot, on bicycles, or in our 7 seat MPV, (which has magically moved to our mooring), places of interest to our guests, subject to what is in the locality, which could include:

• A local village, Château, or museum.
• A vineyard or local producer of the regional cheese.
• A place of interest or natural beauty.
• A local market. 
• Or not and just chill-out.

When we return to the barge, over a drink we can relax and discuss the day we've enjoyed, the evenings dinner and what is planned for the following day.

Dinner is taken ashore at one of the many fine bistros or restaurants, some are beside the waterway, whilst other can be a brisk walk, or journey by car.

An alternative to heading out for dinner is that we can shop in the local markets, for fresh produce, all help and cook or barbeque on board, and we know that many hands make light work.

Day Three to Day Six will follow a similar routine, with different interesting excursions and different venues for a delicious dinner.

Day seven, is sadly the end of the cruise, after breakfast Guests will be taken to the designated drop off point, in good time for the onward journey.

Long weekend cruises will be a shortened version.

Longer cruises of 2 weeks will include a day each week when we are moored, to re-supply, fill the water tanks and wash the laundry.