That’s it .... we’ve left the canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne and have entered the Saône. What a difference. We now have a wide river and gone are the little narrow canals with apple trees, blackberries and plums for the scrumping (made delicious compotes). Gone is the emptiness and now we have other […]
We have been hard at work managing lines as we come down the canal. We’ve also been hard pressed to find places to stop overnight because of our draft and have ended up doing far more locks than we’d first planned! 16 in one day was our maximum!
Oh my goodness what an experience! The tunnel’s 5km long and the walled channel, just 8m wide, that leads into and out of it is a further 5km so a restricted passage of 10km. There’s a speed limit too of 2knots so all very organised until 2km into the tunnel ..... all the lights […]