Tournus is such a lovely village with Romanesque architecture, and we thoroughly enjoyed our 2 nights here.
On Friday night, we experienced our first small Mistral. The sky went totally dark and then rain and hailstones poured down with the wind whipping up. It was exciting to watch and thankfully we were tied up securely . It only lasted about 5-10 minutes and then it was bright sunshine again.
There was a superb Market on Saturday morning in the main street, which we visited whilst our washing was on in the Laverie! I bought 2 pairs of slipper socks for the cold evenings on board!
Then, in the afternoon, we visited the St. Philibert Abbey, which was stunning. The façade is of hewn stone and it has a beautiful 12th century bell tower. The surrounding Abbey buildings are also very beautiful, especially the garden area. There was a wedding taking place whilst we were there and it was lovely to hear the bells ringing.
We then visited the Hotel Dieu with its original hospital wards and closed beds dating from early 18th Century which was really interesting. It was amazing to see how comfortable the wards actually were so far back in history.
We left this morning at 11.20am, heading South to Macon. The weather was sunny, with light wispy clouds and a bitter South wind.
We travelled at 6.5kn most of the way, enjoying the autumn colours on route.
We arrived at Macon at 1.40pm, passing quite a bit of commercial traffic heading North.
On Friday night, we experienced our first small Mistral. The sky went totally dark and then rain and hailstones poured down with the wind whipping up. It was exciting to watch and thankfully we were tied up securely . It only lasted about 5-10 minutes and then it was bright sunshine again.
There was a superb Market on Saturday morning in the main street, which we visited whilst our washing was on in the Laverie! I bought 2 pairs of slipper socks for the cold evenings on board!
Then, in the afternoon, we visited the St. Philibert Abbey, which was stunning. The façade is of hewn stone and it has a beautiful 12th century bell tower. The surrounding Abbey buildings are also very beautiful, especially the garden area. There was a wedding taking place whilst we were there and it was lovely to hear the bells ringing.
We then visited the Hotel Dieu with its original hospital wards and closed beds dating from early 18th Century which was really interesting. It was amazing to see how comfortable the wards actually were so far back in history.
We left this morning at 11.20am, heading South to Macon. The weather was sunny, with light wispy clouds and a bitter South wind.
We travelled at 6.5kn most of the way, enjoying the autumn colours on route.
We arrived at Macon at 1.40pm, passing quite a bit of commercial traffic heading North.
The Port de Plaisance was extremely full and we were lucky to find an empty berth. With the Capitainerie being closed as it is Sunday, we will need to wait until tomorrow to make sure we can stay in the berth - hopefully it doesn't belong to someone!
We then cycled 20 minutes to the centre of Macon and had a look around the Cirque en Fete exhibition which was on its last day - lucky for us! It was a small, fabulous exhibition of miniature circus models - the amount of work involved in these models doesn’t even bear thinking about.
After more exploring by bike, we had a refreshment in the Hotel De Ville, before walking around the car boot sale type of market which we spotted when we arrived, and then we cycled back to GG via the Maison Maconnais Des Vins where we booked a table for dinner tomorrow night at 6.30pm (This has been recommended to us by our friends Martin and Julie on MyTime). They have a cellar next door where they do free wine tastings throughout the day, so we will do this prior to dinner, in the late afternoon.
We travelled 15.21nm today from Tournus to Macon, taking our total mileage to 1595nm.
Macon is 46’19’.450N 004’50’.804E and this is our 57th stop.
We then cycled 20 minutes to the centre of Macon and had a look around the Cirque en Fete exhibition which was on its last day - lucky for us! It was a small, fabulous exhibition of miniature circus models - the amount of work involved in these models doesn’t even bear thinking about.
After more exploring by bike, we had a refreshment in the Hotel De Ville, before walking around the car boot sale type of market which we spotted when we arrived, and then we cycled back to GG via the Maison Maconnais Des Vins where we booked a table for dinner tomorrow night at 6.30pm (This has been recommended to us by our friends Martin and Julie on MyTime). They have a cellar next door where they do free wine tastings throughout the day, so we will do this prior to dinner, in the late afternoon.
We travelled 15.21nm today from Tournus to Macon, taking our total mileage to 1595nm.
Macon is 46’19’.450N 004’50’.804E and this is our 57th stop.
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