Saturday
10th August
We
stayed at Damery for another night, we really like the place, we have free
electric and water, which we think is amazing.
We’ve had everything you can think of charging, dishwashing, washing
machine, dryer etc etc!
We
have had two different boats moored alongside us, neither asked permission
first! There is only space for two boats
on the pontoon so you can understand it really.
Last
evening we went for a walk around the small town, there are so many Champagne
producers. We went to see where the petrol
station was, it was about ½ km away, we found it and Kev planned to go in this
morning to pick up some diesel in his 2 x 20 litre containers on a small
trolley. This morning he was off to buy his fuel and he was back about 30 mins
later, no fuel, the fuel station closed for their summer holiday!! It will teach us to go right up to the fuel
station next time and read any notices they have about opening times/closures.
To make up for it he came across a champagne house that was actually open
(everywhere seemed shut due to holidays) so we went back and had a champagne
tasting and bought a few bottles for the boat, they trolley got its first
proper outing. We asked them to
recommend a restaurant….they said NOT to go to the one by river…which is the
one we went to on Thursday evening! We went
for lunch to the one they suggested over the bridge and it was great, very
traditional, lots of local French eating there.
We
had a quiet evening on the boat planning our next few days.
Sunday
11th August
Early-ish
start down river we covered about 45km 4 locks to Chateau Thierry a largish fortified
town. We had a wonderful trip, beautiful
river, really fantastic; we are so pleased we decided to make it to Paris via
The Marne. A must do trip. Vineyards everywhere, my photos have not done
the views justice. We found a mooring
easily at Chateau Thierry, lots of space.
We even found a restaurant open to have lunch even though it was after
2pm when we got here.
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| We sampled about 5 different Champagnes, problem was we liked them all! |
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| A good use for our trolley |
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| Our view at Damery |
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| Chateau built by Veuve Cliquot |
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| Vineyards everywhere |
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| This was a young english couple rowing their boat from near Belgium to Paris They shared the lock with us |
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| Luckily its down stream to Paris They are now moored up behind us at Chateau Thierry |
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| Arriving at Chateau Thierry |
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