Monday 2nd July - Wednesday 4th July update

Wednesday 4^th July

Still a pretty hot day. We left Santenay and arrived at Vincelles, just south of Auxerre. Again we chose an ACSI site here for 12 euros a night. We were fortunate to find that they did free WIFI so it was time to logon and book the boat home for Sunday at around 4pm. All we need to do now is get Pickles booked in at the vets probably at our final stop off point at Sezanne. When we went to pitch the van we got talking to a fellow scouser whose wife had a stroke here a week ago and is in hospital in Auxerre.  Again he’s a retired school teacher and during our conversation we found so many coincidences. He now lives in Maghull where our Joan used to live.  He used to live where we live and knows many of our neighbours. I wont bother you with the other coincidences but it’s a worrying time for him and he’s not sure when she’s being discharged.

The site is good with a small swimming pool.  We seem to be running out of humorous incidents to report on.

Tuesday 3^rd July.

Left the Aire and drove further north to Santenay to another ACSI site. It is quite hot so we took a swim in the municipal pool. Santenay looks a clean and tidy town with lots going on but we spent little time there. Good site.

Monday 2nd July update

It was still a bit overcast with the odd shower so we decided to leave Cluny and head for another nearby Aire in St Gengoux Le National. This turned out to be an excellent choice as it was a large area that had been an ex railway station but was now  set aside for cyclists as it was positioned directly on the Voie Verte cycle route.  It had a toilet and a water and drainage point. We walked into the town and were surprised to find that it was a medieval town with a really nice old church and what looked to me like a medieval bath house. Well worth a visit. Its funny but sometimes on these one night stopovers you forget to look at the local towns. We took a cycle ride of about 8 miles along the track with Pickles behind in his carriage. We later got talking to an English couple who were both retired teachers. He had converted a van into a motorhome and done an excellent job of it.