Well, there you go, another fantastic season cruising the waterways of France almost over. We arrived back in Roanne just over a week ago, freezing and pleased to be moored-up in the port. We have been cruising for thirty weeks, covered 1, km, passed through locks and by rough estimation consumed litres of wine; over the course of days that she moved Sable clocked up engine hours and consumed 1, litres of diesel.
Now I don't feel so bad about the wine In addition, we ranged more than 2, km on our motorbikes; and again a rough estimation about km on pushbikes.
We entertained 21 visitors but cannot account for the number of sensational meals we shared; nor the number of chateaux and places of historic interest we have seen. All in all, it has been a wonderful summer.
The weather has been incredibly pleasant, for the most part, and we have accumulated boundless fond memories β most of which are recorded among the more than 2, photos taken along the way. For our last few weeks of cruising we deliberately lingered for as long as possible at each stop and tried to limit the number of kilometres between stopovers to less than twenty.
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Corres les Barres is a lovely port with good facilities and within easy biking distance of Nevers, across the Loire. Nevers of course has a port of its own but it's up a tedious deviation that is inclined to be shallow, plus the port is usually full at this time of year with boats already moored up for winter.
