Jacana

Wed 26 June A fairly uneventful day, started about 10, and unfortunately couldn’t moor up where we’d planned at Nogent-l’Artaud because we thought better of displacing the small pontoon full of French youths jumping in the river to cool off…

Tuesday 25 June Woke at 0745 to the sound of the Belgian barge behind us starting up and moving off for the 0800 lock opening. Ann decided to do a bit of yoga on the bank whilst I got the…

Monday 24 June Well the bimini is certainly keeping the sun off and will certainly save us later in the week as the heat wave approaches. A fairly short run of 10 miles today as we started the day with…

Sunday 23 June It’s beginning to get warm now, despite the fact that we still have a long way to go to get to the Med, so a leasurely start at 11 following the fitting of the bimini to keep…

Saturday 22nd June  Back travelling today, beginning the start of the relaxing (hopefully) journey south, although for the next stage we take the river Marne which broadly takes us east. Just a short run today, out of the marina lock,…

Thursday 13th to Friday 21 June  Well we originally planned to stay for 3 nights, but the attraction of Paris resulted in us staying for a very pleasant 10. And at about £35 a night, including electricity and showers, what…

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,…

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…

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…