Our best meal in France so far. Pierfitte sur Loire.

At the restaurant 'La Peniche' right beside the canal we had our best meal in France this holiday. 

Cousin Monty is 4!

Cousin Megan is 16!

Cousin Emilia is 10!

A game of UNO at Champvert

An overnight stop that promised restaurants but they were both closed! We had dinner onboard Shangrei Bay a beautiful 18 month old 20m cruiser with Donald, Helen and Sri. 

Onto the canal Lateral a la Loire

A very pretty lock keepers house and the start of a new canal. We're going up again. 

Leaving the canal du Nivernais and onto the Loire River

Leaving the Canal du Nivernais.  We really enjoyed the Nivernais, it was shallow in places but our 60cm draft with the keel up made everything possible. 

We are now on the Loire river. We pulled the cord on the gantry to open the lock then a blue bar to close and fill.