May 6th and 7th Chateau Regnault - Revin - Givet

We are wending our way along the Meuse River through the magnificent Ardennes forests.  It was coronation day yesterday, and we took the laptop onto the aftdeck so we could watch all the pomp and ceremony as we cruised along.

Grey and cloudy

But still beautiful

And we see lots of swans

This 38m barge was not keen to move over and give us room

Selfish canal hogger, it was a really tight squeeze

Today, it rained, all day, non-stop, varying between drizzle and downpour.  But it was not windy or cold, it just messed up my pic ops.  The scenery is stunning but in low light and through a sheet of rain, the pics didn't show up so well.   We have stopped in Givet for the night, our last stop in France.  We will cross the border into Belgium early tomorrow.

Leaving Revin via a short tunnel into a 90 degree bend

This a slate mining area from way back in the mists of time.  This is an old minehead on a hillside

Our last tunnel

A modern slate quarry, not nearly as attractive as the old mineheads over the shafts deep into the hillside

Entering Givet