As you will have gathered by now we travel slowly, cruising only a couple of hours a day and stopping off at every nice place we find. Well that's great BUT when you cruise into a bad area for phone and internet signals it means that you're out of contact for a while. It's been like that for the past 3 weeks so I've now got plenty to catch up with.
We found a pretty little mooring in the village of Beffes that wasn't shown in any of our guides. The mooring was free (water and electric extra) and there was a little grocers in the village. Buying the e-bikes was the best thing we've done as they've opened up the French countryside for us. We got them out and rode to the fabulous medieval town of Charité-sur-Loire which was just over 12km away. It was an easy ride due to the brilliant velo route.
The velo routes tend to follow either the canal or the river which means you get to see views like this that you wouldn't get if you went by car or bus.
The river Loire was still running very fast and canoe trips were cancelled until it had subsided a bit.
The town was full of narrow, steep cobbled streets. The steeple on this building was gleeming in the sun
but was a bit wonky
Swallows (or Swifts, I can never remember the difference) were nesting in every available spot
and were continually darting in and out carrying food for their chicks
The town was built on a hill and, thanks to the turbo charged e-bikes, we easily managed to get to the top for the magnificent views of the anciant cathedral
and the panoramic view back down to the river
It was a hot and sunny day and temptation won out on the way back. The beer at the lock-side bar was wonderful 😀
Part 2 of the catch up coming later (I need a coffee) See you soon 😀
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