12 kms 2 locks 2 hours
Just a quick pootle because we had to move on from Les
Vanneaux where the max permitted stay is 72 hours, but it seems the campervans
(2 of them) don’t bother to read instructions, or follow them, one or the
other. They have been there since we
passed through over a week ago. I must
admit it is tempting to stay longer; it is such a lovely spot and very well
cared for. Today there was a gentleman
sanding and cleaning the wooden picnic tables and benches and another chap
turned up minutes before his lunch hour to fix one of the electricity bornes
which had a couple of faulty plugs.
Yesterday afternoon a boat arrived, tied up behind us and connected to
the electricity borne (a working plug) leaving just 2 faulty ones unoccupied
(because all the rest were already in use by the long staying campervans). Later another boat arrived, tied up in front
of us, plugged into one of the faulty outlets, so pulled out the first boat’s
plug and replaced it with his own. Well,
that did not go down well! Some people
really have no manners.
This part of the Canal Lat. Loire is really quite
attractive: lots of trees and quite wiggly.
We were rather disappointed with the canal downstream of Decize which
seems quite bleak in comparison.
We have tied up to a small pontoon at Garnat-sur-Engiévre,
hoping to have it all to ourselves but a hire boat joined us late in the
afternoon, and there is yet another hire boat tied to the bollards on the grass
quay.
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| All on our own, briefly |
However, we noticed bollards at a
grass quay on the downstream side of the bridge, which is much closer to the
village (i.e. boulangerie). We might
move there tomorrow so Ian can continue sanding and painting without disturbing
fellow boaters.
I took an amble around the village, not terribly exciting
but has a rather interesting church: relatively modern (1880) yet rather
charming inside with painted wall decorations (with real gold foil), murals
around the apse and interesting statues.
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| The commercial centre on the village square: a bakery and a bar/news agency/snack bar |
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| The church, uninteresting exterior.... |
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| ....what a difference inside |
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| That is real gold leaf, I touched it |
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| Saint Martha - with an anchor |
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