Moret Sur Loing is one of the most prettiest places so far, we have visited. The Medieval style of the village makes it stand out from anything else we have come across.
The weather now is extremely hot and we have invested in a huge pedestal fan to cool us down and it seems to be doing the trick, so far…….
After catching up on the washing, we had a lovely meal in La Refuge with lovely starters of Duo of Saumon avec Citron Crème and Jus du Moules, followed by Poisson de Marche and Boeuf avec Champignons Paris, with 3 x boules de Glace and une Assiete de Fromages as Dessert. Espresso and Armagnac rounded off the meal perfectly.
On Thursday morning, we cycled 12 miles, round trip, to Fontainbleau, partly through the Forest, and visited the Chateau there, which was stunning, before returning to Moret Sur Loing to meet my cousin, Ian McLean, his wife Sandra, and their two kids Fraser and Sarah, who are caravanning on holiday in France just now. They are currently in Troyes which is one hour’s drive from here, and it was lovely to see more friendly faces. We had a lovely afternoon aboard feeding the ducks and relaxing, with the kids content with Nintendo DS games! We saw Ollie Otter just as they were leaving and caught him on camera.
We headed off on Friday morning (have posted this entry early in case we don't get wi-fi at the next stop!), heading through our first lock (pictured) on the Canal Du Loing, which is literally 2 minutes from the Halte Fluviale. The locks are a different style from the Seine Locks, in that you trigger a laser beam when you arrive and the the lock doors automatically open when the lock is ready, you then enter and tie up by either climbing the ladder in the lock and taking a line ashore to the shore bollard (if the ground level is too high), or you can lasso the bollard from the fly bridge if the height is achievable. This first lock has a 2.42m rise, with the rest being smaller.
The plan is to hopefully travel to Nemours through 7 locks, to the stopping place there (18km from here).
The Canal is much narrower than what we have experienced on the River Seine and much more intimate, with towpaths running alongside.
The weather now is extremely hot and we have invested in a huge pedestal fan to cool us down and it seems to be doing the trick, so far…….
After catching up on the washing, we had a lovely meal in La Refuge with lovely starters of Duo of Saumon avec Citron Crème and Jus du Moules, followed by Poisson de Marche and Boeuf avec Champignons Paris, with 3 x boules de Glace and une Assiete de Fromages as Dessert. Espresso and Armagnac rounded off the meal perfectly.
On Thursday morning, we cycled 12 miles, round trip, to Fontainbleau, partly through the Forest, and visited the Chateau there, which was stunning, before returning to Moret Sur Loing to meet my cousin, Ian McLean, his wife Sandra, and their two kids Fraser and Sarah, who are caravanning on holiday in France just now. They are currently in Troyes which is one hour’s drive from here, and it was lovely to see more friendly faces. We had a lovely afternoon aboard feeding the ducks and relaxing, with the kids content with Nintendo DS games! We saw Ollie Otter just as they were leaving and caught him on camera.
We headed off on Friday morning (have posted this entry early in case we don't get wi-fi at the next stop!), heading through our first lock (pictured) on the Canal Du Loing, which is literally 2 minutes from the Halte Fluviale. The locks are a different style from the Seine Locks, in that you trigger a laser beam when you arrive and the the lock doors automatically open when the lock is ready, you then enter and tie up by either climbing the ladder in the lock and taking a line ashore to the shore bollard (if the ground level is too high), or you can lasso the bollard from the fly bridge if the height is achievable. This first lock has a 2.42m rise, with the rest being smaller.
The plan is to hopefully travel to Nemours through 7 locks, to the stopping place there (18km from here).
The Canal is much narrower than what we have experienced on the River Seine and much more intimate, with towpaths running alongside.
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