Over the years 2017-2019, in stages of 4 or 5 days, I will cover 9000 km of canals and rivers, most of them navigable today

Globe-trotters Amandine and François, authors of the blog ‘Un sac sur le dos’, set off with Locaboat on a unique kind of mission along the waterways.

One of the most iconic waterways in the world is the Canal du Midi, certainly one of the oldest, and we were looking forward to exploring it.

The French love dogs, which is fortunate because many boaters want to bring them to France on holiday, as do we.

I’ve always admired intrepid travellers who aren’t afraid to brush up against nature in its raw state, virtually untouched by man.

As a journalist I sometimes write for Locaboat’s blog, interviewing regular customers about their trips on a Pénichette^®.

During summer days, if you're in town, the heat can soon get overpowering.

We are three brothers, aged 25, 23 and 18. We’d never been away on holiday before, just the three of us without our parents.

Jeanine Guichard and her partner have been travelling up and down France’s canals on Locaboat Pénichettes^® for the past ten years or so.