Alouette is a Luxemotor barge built in 1910 in Zwartsluis, Holland. She was first used as a cattle transporter, and later as a shrimp fishing boat. In 2002, she was lovingly converted by a British couple into a liveaboard barge. We are her third owners - Randy and Deborah, two Americans from Colorado who escaped corporate life in search of an adventure. After a few years of searching for the right adventure, we discovered the barging life. Having sailed for most of our adult lives, it seemed a perfect fit. We spent another year looking for the right barge and in the summer of 2010 found her in Roanne, France. We've renamed her Alouette - the Lark. And so in her 100th year, together with our two Russian Blue cats, we're shoving off for a life on the canals and rivers of Europe.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Harvesting Lavender

Today I spent the day harvesting the lavender I grow on Alouette while Randy picked wild mirabelles (plums)....internet connection is not good here but life is great in rural France...Happy nearly the end of August to all from our wild mooring in the tiny village of Charentenay, along the Petite Saone river!
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