Tuesday
24th September
Chatel-Censoir
to Mailly-La-Ville
13km
8 locks
Not
so keen on staying here at Chatel-Censoir as the clock on the church rang its
bell for 7am twice and then continuously rang….not a good way to start the
morning!
We
hung around thinking that the hire boats would get off early (we hadn’t booked
a time for the morning with the lockkeeper) but at 9am the lock gates were open
and no one looked like they were moving so we decided to go for it.
We
had a brilliant trip to Mailly-la-Ville.
It was foggy first thing but it soon cleared away to a beautiful
morning. Some stunning scenery, low bridges,
8 locks, all the locks were on our own, and we got to Mailly-La-Ville in time
for 12 noon…Perfect! There was no
restaurant in the town, so we bought some steak and had a BBQ. We moored on some very smart floating
pontoons, with free water and electric.
The moorings are on the river Yonne, with lots of ducks and we saw a Kingfisher.
Wednesday
25th September
Chatel-Censoir
to Vincelles
15km
7 locks
We
left at 9.20am and arrived in Vincelles at just after 2pm, with a stop at a
lock for lunch. It was another
beautiful day and a fantastic trip on
canal and beautiful stretches of the river Yonne. The mooring at Vincelles is on the river
Yonne, so there is some flow. It was fun
watching the many hire boats try to moor up the wrong way on the river, trying
to put their bow to land a rope and their stern then flipping around in the
flow of the river. We were able to help
and advise a couple of boats to help them successfully moor up.
There
is a bit more in this town. Two boulangeries, a pharmacy, and a large
supermarket with fuel, so Kev has completed three trips to get diesel, we are
not full but nearly.
We
have seen the start of vineyards appearing on the hillside, so all in all a
really lovely part of the Nivernais Canal.
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| A foggy start to the day at Chatel-Censoir |
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| There is a lock ahead...yes really! |
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| Kev caught a lovely photo of the cobwebs on the locks gates in the early morning mist |
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| Yet another picture of a heron, debs can't rest! |
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| The mist cleared just in time for the Saussois Rocks |
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See the guys wavig from the top of the rocks,
they were taking photos of us as we went along the canal/river, as I was taking photos of them |
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| Merry sur Yonne |
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| Our mooring at Mailly la ville |
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| Kev captured a great photo of a kingfisher opposite our mooring at Mailly le Ville |
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| Why do they put bridges on corners? |
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| The water was so still....beautiful reflections |
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| Not a cloud in the sky |
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| Such a pretty canal |
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| Vineyards on top of the hill |
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| Our mooring at Vincelles....10 steps from the local creperie...delicous |
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