Monday This was always going to be a challenging day, as the journey to Rouen from Honfleur is 60 miles, with no places to stop and you're not permitted to sail/motor between sunset and sunrise. With the Seine running on…

The day started with a quick chat with the marina reception staff, who now said we could stay as long as we liked! Quite a change from yesterday's attitude. Next we walked round the corned to check the mast removal…

Wednesday  The day started at 0845 motoring literally round the corner to the Laganage Coop boat hoist to meet Christophe for the mast unstepping. This required a willing volunteer (Ann) to go up the mast to fix the sling below…

Thursday and Friday Finally a couple of rest days. On Thursday got the bikes out and replenished at the supermarket over a mile away and the afternoon explored the delightful architecture and sites of Rouen including a ride on a…

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Saturday 8 June  Back on the road (river) today with a fairly early start as we've been led to believe that we can only pass the Armada site between 7 and 9. It's still pretty windy and very cold, probably…

Sunday Passage again through some beautiful villages and countryside for 27 miles. Being a Sunday we saw only 4 barges and these presented no problems. What did however was the lock at Notre-Dame-de-la-Garenne, where the water level rose so violently…

As we were only 3km from Giverny, we got the bikes out and cycled to Monet's house and garden and the nearby museum. The photos below don't do the gardens justice unfortunately, but they were inspirational, once you'd avoided all…

Tuesday 11 June A deliberately long day off to break the back of the remaining distance to Paris covering just over 100 km and 3 locks in just under 12 hours, stopping eventually at a free mooring in Bougival, just…

Wednesday 12th June The final 25 miles to Paris today, and like the rest of the Seine so far there aren't too many decent stopping places where you are protected from the wash of the barges which run all night,…