Destinations

Canoeing on the Charente River | Andrew Eames | France, Poitou-Charentes, La Rochelle

It was intended to be an old-fashioned, 'Swallows and Amazons' sort of holiday, just me and my boy, a Canadian canoe, a tent, and a placid French river brimming with fish.I am delighted to say that, despite the potential for disaster, that was how it turned out. Dappled mornings, tumbling weirs, and lashings of fresh air.

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