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…
Day 30 Fecamp to Honfleur
Saturday 1 June With less than 5 knots of wind, it was motor sailing to get us past Le Havre and up the first few miles of the Seine Estuary into Honfleur. We just made the very crowded, 1800 lock…
Day 29 Dieppe to Fecamp
Friday What a contrast from yesterday, dead calm with virtually no wind so we left at noon and with the tide and engine made the 33 miles to Fecamp in just over 4 hours. Fecamp is a typical French port,…