We're still heading up the canal de Bourgogne. The first few kilometers out of Dijon were extremely weedy and it made us appreciate the fact that our boat is NOT water cooled. A couple of boaters we spoke to in Dijon had had big problems with the weed clogging up their raw water cooling intakes.
Once you get past Plombieres-les-Dijon the weed disappears and the countryside becomes almost alpine. The canal is tree-lined and there are poppies everywhere.
The weather forecast said we were due for torrential rain and thunderstorms, so we decided to wait it out in the new Halte Nautique at La Bussiere sur Ouche. We didn't see another moving boat for two days and then 4 hotel boats arrived! We moved up to let 2 moor up but the third had to moor in the rough below the lock and the fourth had to keep moving to the next mooring. And in typical fashion, the storm totally bypassed us and the rain was minimal.
Not a very good photo I'm afraid, but you can just make out the 2 huge hotel boats tucked in behind us. The skipper of one of them was very appreciative that we'd moved up for them and gave us a very nice bottle of wine as a thank you.
My flower tubs are starting to revive after the decimation of the frosts and I have my first flower
Don't you just love organic veggies? I bought these on the market in Dijon port just before we left........love is carrot shaped 😂😂 and would have been rejected by the supermarket.
We're continuing again tomorrow having just negotiated with one of the hotel boats to let us leave first in the morning. We don't want to get stuck behind them as they travel really slowly.
That's all for now, see you back here again soon I hope
"Hi, nice to see you again" too
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