Need a real disconnect? With more than 300 km of navigable waterways, the Ardennes offer you the perfect opportunity to cast off and your smartphone for a pleasure navigation.
Departing from Pont-à-Bar, on the Canal des Ardennes
An on/off button. Five seconds warm-up. All you have to do is bring the mooring ropes on board and get out of the quay. Light push on the gear lever, engine bar kick. 10 seconds of pressure on a button and your trajectory is rectified quietly.
From Pont-à-Bar (Ardennes boating), on the Canal des Ardennes, the Ponçay gets under way.
Refreshing landscape where the emerald of the trees blends with the tender green of the fresh grass. Cows graze quietly in a nearby pasture. Our boat sails on the calm waters. Almost straight. Nothing serious. A drunk boat in the land of Rimbaud can pass for a tribute. It takes a few hundred meters to feel the waves and adapt the handling of the bar.
The most technical remains the lock that a patient monitor teaches us to pass. A remote control activates the opening. Fortunately the fenders are there to prevent the hazards of a delicate maneuver. With a lock every 3 km (on average), you will have time to practice.
Landscape and gourmet stops
The less skilful will let the serenity of the place operate and will quickly dream of being a barge captain. On the way to grandiose horizons, legendary landscapes, historical sites and gourmet stops, in a peaceful, preserved and beneficial nature. To you the "free freedom" dear to Rimbaud.
Article taken from the magazine of the Tourist Development Agency "Ardennes Inspirations" and recomposed for the web.
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