Le Calounier
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Fog then Sun
A very foggy start to the day saw DM and the Qs both head into town for pastries and bread. We were very near the next lock so we decided to get through it before having breakfast. Again all hands to the deck, another boat had moored overnight at the jetty where you pull in to get off the boat, so we pulled in alongside them and JW and DM jumped across their boat. The rest of us held the boat there until the lock gates where open. Successfully through the lock we had breakfast on ...
Enter the Meaghers
... the wheel, as we approach the lock we slow down so JW and DM can get off to handle the filling or emptying the lock and then opening the gates and we girls handle the ropes. It takes a bit of co-ordination and team work and thanks to our trusty captain, DQ, all is plain sailing.
We headed to Cuisery where we berthed for the night at the side of the river as there were no spots at the jetty. We headed into the Cuisery for dinner, pizza and pasta and of course ...
Beautiful Burgundy, The wine, the place the food
... salad, John and David had chicken, Liz and I had the boeuf. We drank a bottle of 2008 Mersault Le Clos de Tavaux – Monopole and a 2008 Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens made by Domaine Francoise Gaunoux. The host of the restaurant, obviously realising he was entertaining like-minded people, then produced a 1966 Marc de Burguignone, something similar to a wood-aged grappa. It was about 40% alcohol. It tasted like a mouthful of methylated spirits. ...
Semur en Auxois, the hidden gem
... of the prettiest bridges. A bonus this weekend was the gathering of hundreds of working horses in the large open space some 200m up the street from our hotel. Not as big as Clydesdales, but impressive nonetheless. Later on the Saturday the police pulled up in front of the hotel and stopped the traffic. We could hear a band playing and then down the street they came; the prize winners with their ribbons ...
Ah, the joys of driving.......
... This in fact took us about ten hours longer than it should have (Darcy & Megan: this would be tourist route 27) but gave us the opportunity to calm down and get used to the driving. If anyone knows how to turn the volume up on the GPS we will be eternally grateful (we're driving a brand new Peugot 308 if that helps). Enough of the driving. Varzy is a moderately small medieval town, everything is ancient. Our building is ...
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