Hi Merlin,
I'm a little late in catching your post. It is possible to paddle from La Manche (otherwise known as the English Channel) all the way through to the Black Sea (Odessa, Danube etc) via canal. It has certainly been completed by an Aussie; from Oxford in the UK (R.Thames) to the Black Sea in a Mirror dinghy (twelve feet long no cabin) ...! Some of the continental canals are really wide, built for ships etc. I'm not sure how stable the East is these days..
Of course there is always Bonny Scotland and the English Lake District. Of course in the UK, apart from Scotland and N. Ireland, it's quite difficult to get yourself properly isolated.
Tim
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