21.08.18
Clamecy: famous for its log boats to Paris until 1923. Very low bridge by lock : swing bridge that didn't seem to have the space to swing.
On to st Jean de Losne and a very old building for our BnB. Smiley young proprietor showed us our room over the courtyard garden and told us there was a beer machine there. Visited the H2O Marina to enquire about winter moorings. Vast place on the edge of the Saone. We will speak to Florence tomorrow who will fill us in on how we can moor here.
Returned to BnB and had beer in garden with kiwi couple who own an ex hire boat (a Broom) and had just arrived to board it and cruise until October. Learned a few tips from them about winter mooring with H2O.
Another couple from England turned out to be narrowboat owners. Their boat is moored at the bottom of their garden on the K and A canal near Bradford on Avon - an absolutely idyllic area we know. They were here to visit her 96 year old mother who had lived on a boat for most of her later life with her husband in the Med, then swooped that for a river boat and spent time in St Jean. When her husband died she sold the boat and continued to live here in a tiny house. She was originally from Eygpt and had lived in Nice and brought up family in England, so a well travelled independent lady.
Our chosen restaurant for dinner was fully booked, largely because it was about the only one open on the waterfront tonight. We ended up eating at a tiny tapas place run by a young thin rasta couple. Food was good.
Clamecy: famous for its log boats to Paris until 1923. Very low bridge by lock : swing bridge that didn't seem to have the space to swing.
On to st Jean de Losne and a very old building for our BnB. Smiley young proprietor showed us our room over the courtyard garden and told us there was a beer machine there. Visited the H2O Marina to enquire about winter moorings. Vast place on the edge of the Saone. We will speak to Florence tomorrow who will fill us in on how we can moor here.
Returned to BnB and had beer in garden with kiwi couple who own an ex hire boat (a Broom) and had just arrived to board it and cruise until October. Learned a few tips from them about winter mooring with H2O.
Another couple from England turned out to be narrowboat owners. Their boat is moored at the bottom of their garden on the K and A canal near Bradford on Avon - an absolutely idyllic area we know. They were here to visit her 96 year old mother who had lived on a boat for most of her later life with her husband in the Med, then swooped that for a river boat and spent time in St Jean. When her husband died she sold the boat and continued to live here in a tiny house. She was originally from Eygpt and had lived in Nice and brought up family in England, so a well travelled independent lady.
Our chosen restaurant for dinner was fully booked, largely because it was about the only one open on the waterfront tonight. We ended up eating at a tiny tapas place run by a young thin rasta couple. Food was good.
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