Chalon-sur-Saone
Once we finished the Lateral de la Loire we were retracing our steps (or paddles) and not a lot new to report. The Loire lateral is a lot of long straight stretches with occasional glimpses of the river and the surrounding hills, pretty but not the best canal by a long shot. Other than the lovely wine town of Sancerre that sits on top of a hill and the large town of Nevers there is not a lot to see.
The little port of Fleury has a little fast food place right at the port and on a Saturday night it was jumping, not least because a Steak Frites is only 5 Euros. We sat at a table with two English boating couples (including Maurice and Mary) and a young couple from Perth off a rental boat who didn’t know what they had stumbled into. The prices of the wine were commensurate and a good time was had by all.
Once the committee that runs it had confirmed that the Canal du Centre would definitely close on Sept 30th due to lack of water the weather changed and we have had a lot of rain. Doesn’t matter as we are through it now and on the Saone river.
Shortly we will head back up to St. Jean de Losne and decide whether to put Armida up for sale now or store her for the winter and wait until the new season.
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