Fragnes

We are currently in Fragnes for a couple of days before we head onto the river Saone. We had a few long days to get here after Jen & Pete left. The Canal du Centre is very wiggly and has many locks which all take time. On Monday 25th, we climbed up to the summit at Montchanin through 16 locks and 3 lifting bridges.

Tuesday, we began our descent and managed 23 locks - it's quicker going down. Some of the locks are quite deep and have floating bollards.

We reached Fragnes early afternoon on Wednesday after another 11 locks and were happy to stop for a while. There is a long quay here with a very helpful Capitaine and a great boulangerie right on the quay.

We will leave here tomorrow to head up the Saone to St Jean de Losne to have some work done on the boat and for me to get the train back to the UK on 12th May.