Day 89, 90 and 91 Chalon-sur-Saone
Tuesday 30th July to Thursday 1st August Chalon-sur-Saone is like most towns we've called at, very old, very pretty, with narrow streets and an imposing church. But with the largest Carrefour 5 mins walk away from the boat in the…
Day 92 Chalon-sur-Saone to St Oyan
Friday 2nd August Back travelling downstream today, and aiming for the town of Taunus. However, when we got there, the pontoon was full and the only option would have been to raft up against someone. So we decided for something…
Day 93 St Oyan to Macon
Saturday 3rd August Another short run, going past the marina on the outskirts of Macon, we took a gamble on getting on one of the 2 free town pontoons, success!, with the larger, closer to the action and probably noisier…
Day 94 Macon to Crêches-sur-Saône
Sunday 4th August Brilliant news that Fern and Sean are going to visit in Lyon in 8 days time, so we can take the 73km to Lyon at a very leasurely pace. 10km South of Macon we tie up at…
Day 95 Crêches-sur-Saône to Thoissey
Monday 5th August Only 10km to a quiet stop just up a disused canal off the river, except it wasn't very quiet with a jamming jazz/brass band playing at what looked like a private party at a nearby restaurant. Also…
Day 96 Thoissey to Montmerle
Tuesday 6th August Today after the boulangerie run, we experienced the penultimate Saone lock, being asked to enter the lock after a 135m long barge. Fortunately with 185m long locks there was plenty of space for us. Another short run…
Days 97, 98 and 99 Montmerle-sur-Saone
Wednesday 7th – Friday 9 August Well a space on the pontoon across the other side of the river appeared about 9 o'clock so we leapt into action as well as you can this early and secured the space. It's…
Day 100 Montmerle-sur-Saone to St-Germain-au-Mont-d’Or
Saturday 10th August Time to move on to roughly half way towards Lyon, so we pulled in at the Yacht club du Rhone at St-Germain-au-Mont-d’Or in the early afternoon. (why isn’t it the club de Saone, when the Rhone is…
Day 101 St-Germain-au-Mont-d’Or to Lyon
Sunday 11th August The final section of the Saone today, before it joins the Rhone in Lyon, and the final 4 metre drop Saone lock which was actually ready to receive us when we got there. We arrived at Lyon…
Day 102 to 104 Lyon
Monday 12th to Wednesday 14 August With the arrival of Fern and Sean, it was an opportunity to both take them on a "cruise" through Lyon on Tuesday and see some of the sights of the city on Wednesday. We…