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Subject: [Leica] A trip on the Canal du Midi, France....
From: corkflor at iol.ie (Alex Hurst)
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 11:44:28 +0100
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Nathan wrote:

>Very nice, Alex. So your car goes on the barge too, or do you have 
>to go back by train to retrieve it from the starting point of the 
>cruise?


Thanks Nathan.


You have to take the train, which actually was no great hassle. The 
boat hire people do have a facility where they'll deliver your car to 
your destination base on a recovery truck, but this is a lot more 
expensive than  train ticket.

If you haven't done it, it's an experience I'd recommend.

Best of light.

Alex

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>On Sep 30, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Alex Hurst wrote:
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>>  Hi all - sent this earlier, but it never turned up in my inbox. 
>>Sorry if I've repeated myself:
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>>  Hi all from Ireland, where it's pouring, despite England having a 
>>heatwave next door.
>>
>>  We're just back from a month touring France, where we took in a 
>>week's cruise on one of the miracles of French 17th century 
>>engineering, the Canal du Midi. This was the brainchild of of a 
>>wealthy salt tax collector, Riquet. He poured his entire fortune 
>>into it, and died broke six months before the project was completed.
>>
>>  Point your browsers at:
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>>  http://corkflor.smugmug.com
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>>  to see what we got up to.
>>
>>  Shots taken mostly with an M8 and my favourite pre-ASPH 35/1.4 
>>Summilux, and with a Nikon D200.
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>>  C&C welcome as always.
>>
>>  Alex
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>>  --
>>  Alex & Carmel Hurst
>>  Waterfall
>>  Near Cork
>>  Ireland
>>
>>  Tel: +353 21 454 3328
>>  Mobile: +353 87 245 7048 (A)
>>  +353 87 988 9927 (C)
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>>  email: corkflor at iol.ie (for either of us)
>>  email while travelling: <corkflor at gmail.com>
>>  Carmel McCarthy <carmelmac at mynovanetworks.net> (for Carmel personally)
>>  UK email (when there) corkflor1 at o2.co.uk
>>  Home Pages: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor
>>  Photo Gallery at: http://corkflor.smugmug.com
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-- 
Alex & Carmel Hurst
Waterfall
Near Cork
Ireland

Tel: +353 21 454 3328
Mobile: +353 87 245 7048 (A)
+353 87 988 9927 (C)

email: corkflor at iol.ie (for either of us)
email while travelling: <corkflor at gmail.com>
Carmel McCarthy <carmelmac at mynovanetworks.net> (for Carmel personally)
UK email (when there) corkflor1 at o2.co.uk
Home Pages: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor
Photo Gallery at: http://corkflor.smugmug.com


In reply to: Message from corkflor at iol.ie (Alex Hurst) ([Leica] A trip on the Canal du Midi, France....)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] A trip on the Canal du Midi, France....)