Les Capucins
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And a few days at Ancien Resto
... quiet" monday was transformed by having to move 2 tonnes of wood into the wood-store. Actually that's 4 tonnes since I needed (a) to pick it off the grass and put in the wheelbarrow and (b) chuck it from the wheelbarrow to the wood-pile. Good exercise!!
In the middle of this, I made a trip to the decheterie with my new trailer laden with off-cuts and had a long chat with Bruno the pool-man about tracing the leak from the swimming pool.
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Fog then Sun
... to berth not far from Marnay..
Here we get the bikes off and ride through the two nearby villages, Givry sur Saone and Marnay. Marnay in particular was very pretty. The residents were obviously proud of their village and their houses were beautifully maintained, with pretty gardens etc. We came upon a petanque championship, which we watched for a few minutes. None of the local restaurants were open for dinner so we cooked sausages on board and then relatively early to ...
Enter the Meaghers
... panic now as the hire cars had to be returned by 12.30 and we were running a bit late. Needless to say it all turned out and by 2.00pm we were cruising up the river Seille to Cuisery. We had lunch on board, accompanied by some nice wine. We have found that for very little money you can purchase some really delicious wine in the local supermarkets.
Now we had to deal with the 'l’ecluse premiere’ – the first lock. It’s all hands on deck. ...
Beautiful Burgundy, The wine, the place the food
... cliff tops admiring the view from a variety of angles. It really is a beautiful part of the world. When we got home we had a Jacuzzi in 'the grotto’. The grotto started as a cave under the gites (place where we were staying) that Vincent used to play in as a kid. In recent years he and Jean-Louis (his father) have dug it out and installed a Jacuzzi, which we were assured was so hot we would want to go in the pool after. Clearly French hot is the ...
A late summer's day
... in the centre of town. We got there in time for the guided tour, don't get much from the guide as they don't usually speak English but it's the only way to get inside the rooms of these places and it just wouldn't be the same if we only saw them from the outside, as impressive as they are. All of the chateaux we have visited so far have been built in very different styles - this one had a huge moat around it, now empty. It ...
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