Moret-sur-Loing and Nemours

Moret-sur-Loing

Tuesday 20^th August

We cycled a very short distance to get to Moret-sur-Loing.  It is a beautiful old town, really worth visiting, and all very pretty with amazing flowers.  We had a good wander around and then found a lovely restaurant by the river and had a fab meal, best fillet steak I’ve had for yonks.  They made a mistake with the bill and left Kev’s main course off, I think the waitress was very impressed with our honesty! The meal we thought was still good value especially compared to Paris.

We liked the mooring at St Mammes but there are some great moorings at Moret too.

Our pontoon mooring at St Mammes on The Seine

Moret-Sur-Loing

By the Loing River

There were other flowers that we even nicer

See below the view Sisley was painting

Wednesday 21^st August

St Mammes to Nemours

After filling up with fuel at the station by the river opposite our mooring, We left St Mammes on the Seine to join the Canal du Liong,  What a beautiful canal, such a nice change from the massive river we’ve been on and the locks are a delight, so easy.  Most are manual, but looks like they will be automated by next year.

We travelled 18km, through 8 locks and took around 5 hours to get to Nemours.  We have moored up past lock 12, past the port du plaisance, which was full.  We are tied to a ladder going into the canal and we have banged some pins in, and tied up to them.  Once the locks have closed at 7pm we will feel happy to leave the boat unattended.  If a large, filled peniche goes past we may not stay attached, the suction and movement these large peniche create is amazing.  Another lovely sunny day, but its not been too hot at night which is perfect. 

Doesn't look like it will fit into the lock does it?!

Canal du Loing, really beautiful

These are nice locks, bollards in the right place, slow filling etc etc