Floating Through Burgundy

A week cruising south on the Canal du Nivernais in Burgundy France. I was onboard a canal boat called Beauregard owned by Australian friends.
Beautiful countryside drifting by at a slow pace, lots of interesting villages, the medieval town of Clamecy, and other folks on the canal and running the many locks made for an enjoyable time.
An accompanying coffee table book filled with beautiful photographs of this region is available on Amazon: www.blurb.com/b/9759078-float...
The trip departed from Auxerre and travelled south to Châtillon-en-Bazois in Burgundy, France.
From the owner, Gary:
BEAUREGARD was built by Locaboat Industries in France. The Company still exists (HQ in Joigny) and operates now purely as a charter company. My boat type, the “classic 1107” is not built anymore, but the company does sell off their older “classics" when they reach a certain point.
Filmed in 1080p 50fps using internal mike, hand held with a Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 camera. Edited in Apple Final Cut Pro X.
The full length version of this video is here:
• Floating Through Burgu...
You can download a Google Earth KMZ file of the route the canal boat took here:
www.dropbox.com/sh/i37oj7pvyu...

[@kelvinham8576]

watching this video is a good way to calm any stress. Beautiful country side, relaxing soundtrack.

[@jimmytwizzle7836]

What a lovely and enjoyable video to watch.

[@mark3863]

Absolutely fantastic video, thank you for taking us with you.

[@janicesullivan8942]

What a lovely way to see the countryside, so peaceful.

[@mongofan1]

Beautiful boat, beautiful country and canals, and beautiful guitar. Therapy. :)

[@makelikeatree1696]

My wife and I, and another couple did this stretch of canal in the fall of 2017. This is a great video of the trip. Highly recommended.

[@justwrt1]

We did this run last season. You guys did an incredible job making a fabulous short film. Music, mood, and editing. I cried in places because I had been there too and remembered loving it so. Next season we head north from Auxerre. Safe and pleasant travels!

[@ianashton886]

A nice bit of peace and tranquility during these crazy times. Thank you!

[@donmcneil4679]

I found this to be rather Relaxing simply viewing Your Traveling down the Canals. Thank You and Safe Cruising to You Both from Alaska.

[@pebo1632]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL AND VERY BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL TRIP YOU TOOK US ON TO ENJOY WITH YOU, IT WAS HEAVENLY! I FELT LIKE I WAS THERE IN PERSON, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN! UTAH-USA

[@Lughnerson]

Wow, that was like a meditation. Great!

[@stephenberry1205]

Magical journey. Great boat.

[@suzibelle3995]

Fabulous photography coordinated with very enjoyable music. Love it!

[@rikhughes3290]

Thank you very much for that lovely lunchtime video.

[@miguelnieves4913]

Very enjoyable.... Well put together.....

[@MackMateCom]

Lovely video loved it beautiful boat and scenery thanks

[@kathryndavis6986]

Thank you for a beautiful journey and such fitting music!

[@GregoryBirulkin]

Great Adventure!!!

[@terrystephens1102]

Beautiful photography, a marvellous adventure 👌👍👏👏

[@apajohn2]

Thank you for a very beautiful trip

[@TheBetterEnding]

The music was nice. Very relaxing. Thanks for the video.

[@RedHeadAgent]

What a beautiful Video! and an enviable trip.

[@donmotz5528]

Thanx for posting.......was nice to share the scenery........ :)

[@TheLegenDacster]

An outstanding production, worthy of the French Tourist Board, if not better due to its genuineness.

[@Andy_M986]

Gorgeous countryside!!!!

[@MetismanInBC]

Wow, what a beautiful place, such gorgeous landscape.

[@gebrowniii]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. Thank You

[@johnmcgowan7954]

Beautiful video

[@nanderman1]

Wow! That was beautiful. I bicycled through England once and went through a similar canal system but this was very lush and interesting. Thanks

[@serendigity]

+Philip Wigan Glad you enjoyed the video. It was a great week :)

[@gnostic268]

This was amazing. Thank you for sharing :)

[@Buck1954]

Beautiful.

[@bookhappy4257]

Love this video💖👍

[@KiwiLlizNZ]

Just found your channel ... subbed in less than 60 seconds. Great photography, lovely music ... thank you so much. Greetings from New Zealnd.

[@grahamrutherford8800]

Very lovely and interesting.

[@supertom8552]

Wow , beautiful 👍

[@paulhornsey-pennell1931]

soooo relaxing thank you .... i felt like i was there!

[@Saullon96]

Uau! que lindo lugar... ideal pra lua de mel e férias calmas. um lugar dos sonhos

[@bogwater5868]

Beautiful barge boat, it a credit to you sir

[@wek3000]

thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@123boat]

Great video 😃👍🍺

[@michaelwhite8031]

Very beautiful

[@MrJawanna]

it's very beautiful.

[@garygerard4290]

Beautiful Very nice video - editing dept. gets an A+

[@apollo11guy]

Well done! Of the 10 canal trips I have done (7 mo, 3,000 miles), the Nivernais remains my favorite; have done it twice.

[@DeCaniculaWatersport]

Beautiful video!

[@georgebilgere5951]

What a beautfiul video! Wonderful, sensitive photography. And what a fantastic trip!

[@serendigity]

Thank you George :)

[@oreilly1237878]

Just beautifull

[@richardr1627]

Very nice trip

[@supergillou6596]

Ca rappelle des souvenirs tout ça. Avec mes parents dans les années huitante, nous avions par deux fois loué une pénichette 920 chez Locaboat à Joigny. Très bon bateau, très bien conçu et avec un look sympa.

[@yvonnetomenga5726]

Beautiful photography and excellent music that enhanced the visuals. Great job. 👍

[@serendigity]

Thank you very much!

[@nessuno1948]

Meraviglioso!

[@raysboatingandadventure1277]

Very nice

[@stevedunlop1934]

Hi Stephen. Thanks for this. I've been watching videos of the rivers and canals in Europe and the UK to try to better understand the area for future visits. Yours was a visual treat! Be well...

[@EduardodeRegules]

Incredible place! beautiful video! excellent work done with a compact camera!

[@serendigity]

+Eduardo de Regules Thank you :)

[@gerlanaraujo4322]

Um grande espetáculo lindo de mais

[@happyhermit2022]

Really good thank you

[@serendigity]

Thank you too!

[@VanNguyen-mw1xs]

im watch it every month from 2015 to now

[@ernestoberti-1963easyrapid]

Bellissimo

[@norbertcordes7018]

WOW !!!

[@0290avt]

КРАСОТИЩЕ!

[@craigweston5887]

I just did not want that to stop.

[@serendigity]

There is a much longer version online now, look in the full description here for the link :)

[@Mr91495osh]

I’m watching the NARROWBOAT SERIES on PRIME. very enjoyable!

[@Zaroffmom]

G Howard will need to check that out

[@Krzysztof.Bielinski]

Super

[@Mr91495osh]

That school of fish is swimming in clean water!!

[@hennyribbink7141]

Thank you ! Just bought a house over there !

[@sheepdog1102]

Beautiful! I would love to spend a couple of months riding the canals and biking around the country side.

[@anneclarke9700]

Beautiful. What more can one say.

[@lautoka63]

You should plan to do so at some stage. We rode the length of the Loire in 2019, using electric bikes and camping.

[@user-li9zi2vw7n]

Прикольненько

[@GrahamSwan-yi5gw]

We’re in the process of having a widebeam built - would love to be in contact with the owners as we are from Perth Australia. Loved the video very well shot.

[@Astrakhandigger.]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@zozazoza1943]

👍👍👍КЛАСС!!!🤝🤝🤝

[@serendigity]

An accompanying coffee table book filled with beautiful photographs of this region is available on Amazon: www.blurb.com/b/9759078-floating-though-burgundy

[@user-zd2be8os9h]

Побывал в сказочной стране !

[@serendigity]

You can download a Google Earth KMZ file of the route the canal boat took here: www.dropbox.com/sh/i37oj7pvyulw1hw/AAD6n8pVaqnIpHy269ur3Nz0a?dl=0

[@moanawalters945]

I would have liked to see France Canals. Has anyone done a video on this?

[@serendigity]

Burgundy is in France, a region south east of Paris.

[@seamusoflatcap]

Are those Velosolex (or similar) bikes on the boat? If so, a great way to explore the surrounding countryside and towns etc

[@serendigity]

Sorry, I do not know as I was a guest on the boat for only a week and it was too hot to cycle so the conversation about the bikes never arose.

[@jdd1411]

Fab

[@Deborah0702]

What a beatuiful trip and nice video. I am curious about the walled village. Is that Clamecy?

[@serendigity]

Yes indeed, we stayed there overnight. Here are some photos: www.flickr.com/photos/maleny_steve/albums/72157657314361820

[@user-ls3qc3vm5h]

Loved the video, please could you tell me the make and model of the Barge?

[@serendigity]

Details are in the video description.

[@surfearth1]

I started watching “Cruising the Cut” which occurs in England it seems that the areas of France in this video are much more “mountainous” and the stone architecture much more prevalent than in England. Very beautiful. Are some canals limited to narrow boats compared to wide beam? Is your boat considered a wide beam?

[@serendigity]

Hello, it was not my boat, I was a guest onboard. The boat was fairly narrow and some of the sections of the canal we traversed were only just wide enough for our boat with a one way traffic light system.

[@Memovox]

Yes, it's a wide-beam. 4.30-4.85 m. is ideal for European waterways. Narrow boats are built specific for the narrow English canal's.

[@Mr91495osh]

Interesting that the French canal, locks, bridges and weirs look like the British counterparts. Most built during the same time, late 1700’s.

[@duallydriver2]

But the French have much wider canals allowing a little larger crafts .

[@lautoka63]

Yes, just in time to be overtaken by the railways.

[@jean-philippegoo2134]

Questions: . What Is the speed limit on a canal ? . Is the motor noisy ? . Isn't the trip boring at some point ? For the pilot vs for the guest. . Have you seen people using the canal for fret ? Or only leisure ? . Would you navigate on the same canals in winter ? Thanks !

[@serendigity]

Hi I am not the boat owner. I was only there for 7 days back in 2015. There are plenty of canal boat owner forums and probably Facebook groups who could answer your questions. :)

[@Zarih67]

Jean-Philippe Goo speed 5 knots usually. Noise, depends on insulation. Boring, no. Perfect holiday

[@ericseyller2848]

🥰😍🤩😃

[@blacklightning298]

Wonder how much it cost to do this. On a boat for 10 days. I WOULD LOVE TO DO IT

[@serendigity]

Do a Google search. There are a few companies that have fleets of self drive canal boats in France.

[@DeCaniculaWatersport]

Nice, many different camera positions. Have you often stepped off board to film?

[@serendigity]

Yes I was on and off all the time opening the gates and to film the boat :)

[@DeCaniculaWatersport]

@@serendigity I recognized it. I'm curious what you think of this video... kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6m7fYl3rqiKY8U

[@sedated2000]

British canal boats seem to travel much more slowly. Is that true or were parts of this sped up?

[@serendigity]

This was a French built boat and the canal was in France. No part was sped up. We travelled at no faster than jogging pace the entire trip.

[@harve9047]

Nice Video which company did you hire from and which route did you go? I am planning a week or two September 2018 for our 30th thanks.

[@serendigity]

Hi, the boat is privately owned. The couple I was with are Australians and spend each summer on the canals. We went along the Canal du Nivernais heading southwards.

[@harve9047]

Stephen Swayne Thank you for the reply, what a nice way to spend a few weeks. We will look into it.

[@Ugleek]

Very nice ! What you use aprareil ?

[@serendigity]

+Ugle ek Thank you. I used a Lumix FZ1000 camera made by Panasonic.

[@martingilligan]

Some lovely video........but some commentary or captions about where you are and some detail about the locks and bridges would have made for a much better video.

[@serendigity]

Noted. In the description I have included a Google Earth route map which has all that info via Google Earth.

[@SuperLn1991]

@@serendigity I actually like the fact you didn't add any talking :) so peaceful

[@aliounethiam6483]

thanks for the offer I don't live in am apartment with a tv to trip on a boat.

[@ricohunter9302]

I would like to buy this kind of barge for cruising and living. What is the brand of this barge?

[@serendigity]

Please read the video description. The owner of the boat provided info in there.

[@yoy58913]

I never knew England could be so beautiful

[@serendigity]

This is Burgundy in France, not England.

[@hendriprijanto4623]

Why only 7 minutes.. Hope for Long version

[@serendigity]

There is. I shall upload it and post the link in the description and these comments tomorrow.

[@hendriprijanto4623]

@@serendigity ahaa.. We are looking forward for the canal adventure & beauty places you visited.. Cheers

[@serendigity]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6mWZoyGrK-sg6M

[@NHAviation]

Who makes that boat

[@serendigity]

From the owner, Gary: BEAUREGARD was built by Locaboat Industries in France. The Company still exists (HQ in Joigny) and operates now purely as a charter company. My boat type, the “classic 1107” is not built anymore, but the company does sell off their older “classics" when they reach a certain point .

[@lukasreiser4669]

It looks like a Locaboat Pênichettes. There is a new one this year, so someone still build them.

[@malenavp]

Fantastic. I'd like to know the music files.

[@serendigity]

Hi, music credit and link at the end of the video.

[@malenavp]

Stephen Swayne, Thank you very much.

[@Zarih67]

Woman at the helm. Nice to see

[@smithmiesterman]

beautiful place shame the wells catfish has overtaken all the fish species in the canals but beautiful scenery ;)

[@MichaelJ1951]

Turned off the music as I much prefer to hear the natural sounds on oudoor videos The scenery was nice making for an enjoyable few minutes

[@serendigity]

Fair enough!

[@terryhagan7694]

if your boat is registered in the UK you should fly a Red Ensign on your stern, and when visiting another country you should fly a Courtesy flag also this boat is flying, what looks like and Australian ensign is she Australian registered ??

[@serendigity]

The boat has been sold. The owner used to fly an Australian flag as he was Australian. The boat to my knowledge was registered in France. It never left the France/Belgium/Netherlands area.

[@Mr91495osh]

Terry Hagan CHAPMAN’s book on proper Yachting has a chapter on flag etiquette. GlennFHoward

[@andrewfyfe8986]

Given the French dislike of the British, an Australian ensign while technically incorrect, is a smart move and representative of the boat’s occupants.

[@babybutchie]

Vastly better than most of the canal boat rides through horrid post-industrial cuts in England, replete with trash, graffiti, and scant wildlife.

[@fryerball]

2:40 to 2:50 where is that?

[@serendigity]

In the comments I added a Google Earth KMZ link. Alternately, check out the photos which have descriptions and GPS locations here: www.flickr.com/photos/maleny_steve/albums/72157657692132146