Canal de St-Quentin to the Canal de l’Aisne à la Marne: St.-Quentin to the Outskirts of Reims

Wanderlust tied for the night just past the Gaudart Ecluse

Between St-Quentin and our next major destination city Reims there are no major cities. The waterways are rural and quiet. The villages are small. Along the way we stopped for nights near three towns, Chauny, Pinon, and Bourg-et-Comin, and also spent a night in the “middle of nowhere” just past the Gaudart Ecluse.

Canal de St. Quentin: Cambrai to St. Quentin via Souterrain Riqueval

With stops near rural Masnieres and Macquincourt, it took three days to move Wanderlust the 52 km from Cambrai to St. Quentin on the Canal de St. Quentin. Fifty-two kilometers doesn’t seem like much but there are 22 locks and …

From the Grand Gabarit to the Canal de Saint Quentin: Douai to Cambrai

Wanderlust moored in Cambrai

Proceeding inland from Douai, we turned off the busy commercial Grand Gabarit, and on to the empty river l’Escaut. Our goal for the day was Cambrai. Cambrai is formally the start of the Canal de St.-Quentin.