Day 40, Vernon to Bougival
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…
Day 39 A day in Vernon
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…
Day 38 Poses to Vernon
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…
Day 37 Rouen to Poses
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…
Day 35 and 36 Rouen
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…
Day 34 Rouan, 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…
Day 33 Rouen – changing plans
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…
Day 32 Honfleur to Rouen
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…
Day 31, a hot day in Honfleur
Sunday 2 June On poking our heads out into the early morning sun, we started 'conversing' with a French couple moored inside us, who, on discovering our plans to go to Rouen tomorrow, told us about the Rouen Armada, a…