The lock is very narrow and boats were moored along one side. I stood on the bows and tried to avoid looking about as everything is narrow and crowded. We were to go into the inner basin under the (raised) road bridge and along a canal which had boats moored in it.And Phil had to make some 90 degree turns,not easy with a boat.I refused to look left or right and just breathed in at appropriate moments. We are on a pontoon next to an old wreck with a yard of metal sticking out. Phil did a magnificent job of getting us in but as we are in a dead end and cannot reverse out he says there will be a lot of bow thruster and I shall be French and have a boat hook at the ready.
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| The road bridge with the transporter bridge beyond |
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| A fishing hut for which the Charante is famous. The large nets are lowered from the deck. |
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The prettiest part of the river which for the most part is flat like the fens.
And more fishing huts |
Rochefort is a charming town as it was built all at the same time as a naval base and is on a grid pattern. It has also been a spa since Roman times but charming as it is I think we will not be here again. After all it is a long way from the sea.
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