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| Restored round lock at Apremont. Now unused this lock once allowed barges to navigate between the river Loire and the canal system |
The taxi to the station is booked for tomorrow morning. At
least I hope it is. Conducting a phone conversation in a foreign language is just
about the most excruciatingly difficult task you can put yourself through when
travelling and best avoided if possible. Those finely honed miming skills are
completely useless and if you can’t see the baffled look on the person you’re
talking to how can you tell if you’re speaking complete gibberish? Anyway, I
hope the taxi will arrive here at 10.30 and take us to the station. But did I tell
him to pick us up at Chatillon sur Loire or Chatillon
sur Saone? I meant the former but I’m worried that I got
a bit confused. Unfortunately for both of us the two places are nowhere near
each other. I should really phone him back and check but somehow I’d rather
miss the train than go through all that again.
In the meatime, here are a few photos from the past couple of weeks.
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At the top of the double lock near Apremont |
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| Paddling at the junction of the rivers Loire and the Allier. Looks placid but the current was running fast and I was staying very close to the edge. |
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| Crossing another aqueduct. This time over the Allier. |
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| Last lock for the year |
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| Approaching Chatillon - this year's winter mooring |
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| The local horsemeat butcher - Chatillon. And no, we haven't been in. |
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