Léré to Herry

Ready to set off with and American group on a beautiful boat, 'Rival', who had one crew member on land with a car checking the lie of the land for them in advance. One of their friends jumped the line and locked in with us at the best wine cellar for local flavours - Pouilly Fumé and Sancerre, so a bit of shopping was done!

At the next lock we bought veg!

The next was closed for lunch so we broke out the stakes and moored to the bank a way away, hoping not to get jumped in the line at opening; fortunately Rival let us go, whilst the little French rental was giving way to no-one, but that left them in the front so no complaints!! That didn't last long as before the next they pulled over and waved us on, only to pull right back out behind us and into the lock - sneaky!!

Herry was a very quiet spot to moor - no water or electricity readily available, and a walk round town showed it to be very quiet but centred round a very old chapel, whose bells were anything but quiet - on the hour and half hour, 24/7!

We stumbled upon the library on our walk, where we were warmly welcomed, and given free reign of internet via their own computer, and the lady kindly leant her own USB stick to upload the previous weeks blog! The boss later arrived, and also was very interested in us and our journey, so they saved the blog address to see how we get on! Hi to you in Herry, and thanks for your welcome!

Bonjour les gens d'Herry, et merci de votre gentil accueil!

The Sancerre vineyards