Day 109 Valence to Viviers
Monday 19th August Today had the potential for being quite a long day as good mooring spots are currently thin on the ground. The first possibility was taken by a hotel ship, the second small marina was too shallow at…
Day 108 Tournon-sur-Rhône to Valence
Sunday 18th August It was touch and go as to whether we were going to travel today, with the forecast suggesting 20kt southerlies gusting to 45knots. First thing however, it did feel relatively calm, so after a quick run round…
Day 107 Andancette to Tournon-sur-Rhône
Saturday 17th August Yet another straightforward run down to Tournon-sur-Rhône through another cavernous lock Gervans) , although this time we had to wait nearly an hour for a hotel barge (peniche) upstream from us to enter the lock first, which…
Day 106 Ampuis to Andancette
Friday 16 August Another easy run downstream with the 2kph current through one lock to the town of Andance. Actually Andance is on the other river bank, we've tied up on the left bank at Andancette, at a single pontoon…
Day 105 Lyon to Ampuis (le Port)
Thursday 15th August Time to move South again, so we left the marina, left the Saone and came across by far the biggest lock so far (Pierre Benite), at 180m long, 12m wide, but with a drop of nearly 12m. …
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…
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 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…
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 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…