Le Ferte sur Marne 6th July 2009

Monday night saw us at this small town which has a huge WWI memorial; it was a bit scary coming onto the town pontoon as it was shallow, behind an island with the channel marked out by a confusing array of buoy. Again we were provided with free moorings, water and electricity, Solent sailors eat your heart out.

Once tied up we set off on our bike to explore and again Kerry and Sue were tying up as we got back to the boat. As was becoming the norm we gathered on Cygnet for drinks before getting dinner. Tuesday morning saw us having a quick look around the village market before setting off again upstream perhaps stopping overnight at Chateau Thierry.

When we turned up a Chateau Thierry although there was space against the town quay when we tried to get alongside the keel touched bottom, had it have been mud we would have stayed buy it was hard and lumpy so we decided that we would have to move on to our next possible stopping place at Mezy-Moulin.

Just after the lock at Mezy-Moulin we found our overnight pontoon which we were very pleased with. It was isolated and very peaceful. Although no water or electricity it is near a beautiful hamlet with the most fantastic, large gothic church which dominates the river valley.

We had a very comfortable night after being inspected by the locals and found acceptable!