Where life slips into a lower gear and scenes of southern France slip by like a magic lantern: drowsy villages, riverside markets, fields of corn, lavender, poppies and sunflowers. Stretching for 150 ...

Crikey, I thought the QE2 was in Dubai! That is my slightly shocked reaction to being shown the boat on which we are about to negotiate the Canal du Midi. I'd naively thought, at first, that we'd be ...

If you want to relax and really take in the local culture, a Le Boat holiday is the perfect way to travel. As the captain of your own boat (yes, its a real boat), you decide where to stop and what to ...

IT was the cocktail hour. Time to moor the boat in the tree-lined shade, pour a pastis and watch with pleasure as the water turned it milky green. And then to sit on deck in the dappled sun, talk and ...