Southwards we go, stopping at Verdun sur Doubs for lunch to try the local speciality of fresh water fish stew - it was actually OK, perhaps not to be rushed back for!
 |
| Verdun lunch stop |
 |
| 100 km to Lyons!! |
That night was at Chalons sur Saone - our second most expensive night at €21 - but nice place to be and very secure. Fabulous cathedral with a square in front of 14c buildings. Great wildlife watching right in the heart of the city too.
 |
| Chalons cathedral square was lovely |
 |
| Leaving Chalon |
 |
| This heron had its own boat! |
We keep seeing Charolais cattle by the river and they are always in the water.
We stopped at Tournus because we stopped here when we drove up from Alicante with a load of kit off Blue Horizon for the new boat, Half Moon. It was also another milestone as we were able to remount the radar post. We’ve had it laid across the after deck since leaving Stavoren so we could get under the bridges - but from here to the Med we have enough air clearance to put the post back up and let us promenade across the aft deck again. Much better.
 |
| Deck with the radar still down |
 |
| Final fitting of radar - a real milestone - the FM aerial took a beating on the journey though! |
The weather is still hot and dry letting us swim and BBQ for lunch, the current is slow enough for us to swim upstream fairly easily and then drift back to the boat.
 |
| B-B-Q lunch stop |
 |
| We dropped a sausage in the river! |
After more anchoring and swimming we eventually made it to Macon, nice work-a-day town with a great atmosphere. We had a coffee in a building that was constructed in 1465! - look closely at the carvings and you’ll see that toilet humour hasn’t changed a bit!
 |
| The wooden house - supposed to be the oldest in Macon. |
 |
| Love the name of this hotel (Hotel D'Europe et D'' Engleterre) - a 1950's hotel looking to the future - and its a Best Western! |
 |
| The lovely 11c chapel - maybe not the ladder though. |
Today we stopped at Montmerle, another free Halte with water and electricity, we walked up the hill to the 11c chapel, really atmospheric place with a tower behind surrounded by 60 different grapes vine varieties - we are now in the Beaujolais region - must find a vingoble soon. Great view of the river across to the vineyards from the top of the tower.
Carole did her fishing bit whilst we were moored here - she put her rod back in its holder only to catch a bungee strap and watch the rod catapult up and then down into the Saone. After much hooking and dredging she finally retrieved the rod by diving under the boat - top effort - kept us and the boat next door amused for ages.
 |
Horse fix
|
Carole's Interesting Facts;
No. 16: On a hot day Charolais cattle love a day on the beach; just chilling and paddling.
No. 17: The km from the start of whichever river you are on are measured out with PK signs which stands for 'Point Kilometre".
No comments:
Post a Comment