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Messing about on the river

Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on June 19th 2025. You join us this week as we continue our journey south, joining the River Saône at it’s junction with the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne. We shall be on it for just over 200 km until it merges withContinue reading “Messing about on the river”

A week of beautiful things – or at least that was the idea.

Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on June 6th 2025. After the complete absence of pictures in last week’s blog I thought I should make up for it this week. I set myself the challenge of finding something beautiful, something worthy of at least one picture, each day, forContinue reading “A week of beautiful things – or at least that was the idea.”

The romance of the Canal des Ardennes

Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on May 23rd 2025. The Canal des Ardennes – 88km long, 44 locks in total although 26 of them are squeezed into a chain over a distance of around 9km. The normal depth of the water is 1.8m but the first 6km ofContinue reading “The romance of the Canal des Ardennes”

One river, three countries

Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on 16th May 2025. The same river has carried us through three different countries in the past two weeks. One river but with many different names. It’s known as the Maas in the Netherlands and La Meuse in Belgium. At times long canalisedContinue reading “One river, three countries”

Taking the long way round

Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on April 9th 2025. Last week was my 200th blog. I didn’t realise it was such a milestone until after the event – where did all that time go? This past week has seen us heading south towards Maastricht on the Zuid-Willemsvaart Canal.Continue reading “Taking the long way round”

Cycling the Atlantic Coast

Hello and welcome to the latest blog from The Olivia Rose Diaries on March 8th 2025. This blog follows our recent cycle trip along a stretch of the Atlantic coastline, beginning at Hendaye and ending at the Bassin d’Arcachon. We covered a distance of just under 350 kilometres over 7 days, parts of it quiteContinue reading “Cycling the Atlantic Coast”