Dormans to Chateau Thierry then Ferte..
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Well I’m glad we decided to go see the Dormans War Memorial, it remembers the first and second battle of the Marne that took place in 1918, it’s a stunning building a cross between a church and aLeggi altro
Well I’m glad we decided to go see the Dormans War Memorial, it remembers the first and second battle of the Marne that took place in 1918, it’s a stunning building a cross between a church and aLeggi altro
Busy day today from our peaceful mooring by the Ay Lock we went first to Dizy to do some shopping. Then headed to a Halte at Reuil so we could visit Œuilly ( who knew one word could have so manyLeggi altro
Today we decided to go posh and did a tour and ‘Ice Tasting’ at Moët et Chandon, it was really quite interesting and a relief to be in the underground cellars, dress warm they said, thankfully weLeggi altro
Well before we started on the Champagne tasting we thought we should see a bit of the town so here are the photos. The Hotel de Ville is used for weddings and other ceremony’s and the ground floorLeggi altro
Ever onwards we travel, leaving Chalons once the rain stopped we started our second day on the Canal Lateral a la Marne. Our first stop was at Condes sur Marne to see the aqueduct constructed to pumpLeggi altro
We like the new Canal called Canal Lateral a la Marne it is only 64km long with 15 locks. Things started well the canal was wide and deeper than the previous one the locks are all operated by twistingLeggi altro
We decided to ride to Lac de Der from Saint Dizier for a change of pace and scenery. We set off earlyish as we had been advised that the first part of the cycle lane was along side a feeder canal withLeggi altro
Well we tried to set off early from Joinville but another boat beat us to it, John decided to use the delay to deal with the toilet which had seized, it was clogged up with weed first time which isLeggi altro
Things went well today no significant hold ups but still only 9 locks and 13miles some more lovely scenery on the way but also lots of weed in the canals so we were constantly checking the exhaust.Leggi altro
We managed 10 locks, three lifting bridges and a short tunnel today not bad going but only 13 miles travelled. The tunnel was only 380m and two way but we met no one else all day. The scenery andLeggi altro