Back on the Saone

Our last day's run down the Canal des Vosges went largely without incident, and finally, at least, it was a nice sunny day. Shirt-sleeve order, if not quite shorts.. We stopped briefly for water at Fontenoy le Chateau – no sign of the chateau, but the cliffs alongside the canal cut are impressive:

We enjoyed seeing a family taking their holiday in a horse-drawn caravan: going about the same speed as us, I imagine. Possibly even faster.

As we moved down, the landscape changed, broadening out with lush fields instead of the steep pine-covered hillsides higher up in the Vosges. Plenty of white cows looking decorative, and although I was duly chastised for yesterday’s cow joke, one new photo slipped through:

So here we are at Corre, back on the Saone, having covered the 122 kilometres and 93 locks on the Canal des Vosges in just four days. I had expected it to take five, but with very little traffic on the canal to hold us up, and with the automatic locks working well, we got here pretty easily. Now it is just a question of the final 165 kilometres  and 19 locks down to St Jean de Losne. That should take two and a half to three days.

You might well ask why we are pushing on so quickly at this stage, but the fact is that the main objective of this cruise was to visit and explore Germany, and that we have done with great pleasure. We have both done this final stretch before, even several times, so there is not much to detain us. And as one nears the end of the trip, the urge to get home grows!