(Released early and ad-free for Patrons apart from the embedded Saily promo - use timestamps below if you wish to skip it)
In this final part of our Canal du Midi press trip, organised for us by Le Boat, we move from Roubia up to Trebes where we handed the boat back and went for a day trip to Carcassonne, to look around the historic medieval city.
Start point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vxRTVcsu2zqX8Ewd6
End point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bJgAJAwaxiHwN71y5
Carcassonne: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Lw3ytRyYwrmeJySp7
This trip was very kindly laid on as a press event by Le Boat Visit https://www.leboat.com/en to book your canal holiday! Book using code CUT25 for £50 off (Booking dates : 20th June – 31st October, Validity: 2025 & 2026 departures, All boats (except Horizon and Liberty), UK, IE & FR as destinations)
Note: whilst Le Boat provided the trip, they did not pay me to make the video and they had absolutely no editorial say over the content. Everything I filmed and included was entirely of my own volition.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:23 Setting off
02:22 The hot lock-keeper
02:45 Bow thruster 'fails'
04:55 Incompetence
07:17 Bow thruster works!
08:00 Saily promo
09:59 Sharing the lock
12:47 Nice doggie
13:25 Lock sculptures
14:16 Hunting for a mooring
15:40 Thursday morning
16:05 Driving inside
18:38 The final lock
19:50 Arriving at Le Boat in Trebes
20:34 Friday to Carcassonne
22:59 A streetcat named Puss
23:52 Goodbye
Cruising The Cut
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