Saturday
13th September
Brienon
to Migennes the end of the Canal de Bourgogne
2
locks 8km 1½ hrs
We
were up early-ish to be at our first lock for 9am. It was another beautiful sunny morning and
there was a light overnight dew on the roof of Rangali. We had
moored under some trees which was a shame as the roof of Rangali was covered in tiny seeds and
leaves. The canal to Migennes is very
straight and pretty boring. We moored up
easily at Migennes, there was lots of space.
We
walked over the canal and under the railway line to Simon Evans boatyard to
pick up our car, that we’d left parked up there since the end of March. All was well, and after reconnecting the
battery, it started first time. We drove to Irancy, to our favourite wine producer Chais & Crus to buy some more St Bris (white wine) and Cremant de
Bourgogne, a sparkling wine. We still have plenty of our
lovely Irancy reds left.
We
then drove back via Auxerre, still beautiful as ever. All the quayside work is now complete and it
looks fabulous. We tried to have lunch
at Maxims, the hotel in the town on the quayside….we’d had a 'mean' beef burger there a couple of
years ago…..but we were told they had finished lunch….it was 1.30pm!!! So we went to our other favourite place Le
Quai and had a great pizza and a glass of chilled Chablis for me… water for
Kev….the nuisance of having to drive a car again!
It
seems very strange to have the car back, not having driven in it for nearly 6
months. Life is speeding up again.
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| The vineyards of Irancy |
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| Olivier the very friendly Chais and Crus wine producer |
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