Saint Legere-les-Vignes to Cercy-le-Tour

From Decize town quay to Saint Legere-les-Vignes

Yesterday we moved from the town quay at Decize to Saint-Legère-les-Vignes, the mooring in the commercial district close to 3 supermarkets and a laundry.  After so many days of “wild cruising” we really needed a supermarket and laundry.  It is just a couple of kilometres and 1 lock, and takes a little over half an hour.  It was cool and drizzly. 

 14 kms, 3 locks, 2.5 hours

Saint Legere-les-Vignes to Cercy-le-Tour

For the last 3 days we have had dreadful internet: slow, slow, slow, but put it down to the remote rural area we were in.  We know that at the mooring in Saint Legere we have had lightning fast download speed before so when it was slow again we decided to look into it a bit further and discovered that we have screwed up!  We have a monthly package with limited (but generous) wi-fi and thought it ran from the 23^rd of the month.  Thinking we would be starting a new month 3 weeks after arriving we have not been careful and managed to use it all up.  We still can connect but it is dramatically slower.  I delved into our account on-line and discovered that our month runs from the 3^rd of the month so we will not get our new quota for a few more days.

And this is a F1 grand prix weekend.  Resigned to not being able to watch it, there was no point in staying in the commercial area and decided to move to the ancient town Cercy-leTour 14 kms away on the Nivernais Canal.

The weather was clearing when we left after lunch and turned into in lovely autumn day.

Lots and lots of lots of fodder for the winter.  He must have a lot of cows.

A park bench in the middle of nowhere

The lockie told Ian we have to take a photo: an unusual junction of a lock and aquaduct over a river. Didn't manage to get the river in the picture but it definitely was there!

I'd love to know what this impressive tower is.

When we were here in June there was some work being done on the towpath alongside the pontoon moorings.  Normally there is free water and electricity here but the electricity has been disconnected because the work is still in progress.

Ian got out the iBoost, which we haven’t used for a while, and we have managed to connect to a FON signal, courtesy of our internet provider at home which is part of the FON global network.   Hey presto, we were back in business!  So we do not have to miss out on the Grand Prix after all.  Big smiles.

I took a ramble around the village and was disappointed to find the old church locked, with a notice on the door explaining that this is due to vandalism.  How sad.  It was built about 1080, so it really is an ancient old Romanesque church.  Thank goodness I was able to get inside in June and took some photos.

The ancient church, now locked

Looking up Rue d'Aron, nick named "Casse Cou", Break Kneck, because it is so steep...

...and looking down Casse Cou, much steeper than it appears in the photo.  Must be interesting in the winter when it freezes!