We are required to be at the next lock at 9:00 and we have left a little late. Then, that nagging moment…I think I forgot something. In case you are not happy with the location of the bollards, you can always just drive a rental company provided stake into the ground, anywhere. Well, you need to take the stake when you leave. I forgot, and left it there, so we did a quick u-turn in the narrow canal went back and recover the stake.
For lunch we stopped in Merry-de-Yonne. There a nice cliff by the river, with an All Trails hike to the top. We can‘t resist. And Deb hasn’t used her hiking poles yet, is that
We have left most of the rental boaters behind, so we are going through the locks, solo. The locks have been ready for us as we go. This was the first place that required a Mediterranean mooring ( backing in with the two stern lines holding the boats. I got it on my first attempt (first ever).
Chatel Censoir is another very quiet town, where everything is closed on Sunday. Everything being the local convenience store. There is a Chatel (castle) on the top of the hill with arrow slits and cannon holes. Of course it burned down two or three times since it was built, but at least one of the twelve towers is still standing
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Back to the boat before the rain.
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