The
heatwave definitely ended last night, at least temporarily, and it was a
question of duvets once again. Very welcome. Fresh and bright this morning too
as we cruised across a highish plain: lots of agriculture, but in reasonably
sized fields rather than prairies.
This area
has seen a lot of action in the wars – here’s a bombed out bridge:
Naturally
enough there were cows to be photographed – looking extremely contented too. Here
are a few:
And here a
few more:
The wheat
fields were an amazing colour as harvest approaches, though I’m afraid the
camera doesn’t do them justice:
And some
older building have survived the wars:
There was
little traffic to begin with, but then it started to pick up, with three empty peniches, presumably heading up to
collect grain, and several cruisers. Here’s one emerging from a lock:
Shortly
after lunch we reached Pont a Bar, with considerable relief because the fuel
situation was getting critical. I calculate there was only about five litres
left in the tank! We have used 185 litres since leaving St Jean. Since it was
early, we decided to press on down the Meuse, and reached Charleville-Meziers
for the night, where we are tied up in a very pleasant port, with very few
other boats in it. Not free, but water and power to hand, so another wash has
gone on.
Tomorrow it's north into the Ardennes forest proper, with the Meuse cutting through in a dramatic gorge.
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