Visited: Rogny les Sept Ecluses, Briare le Canal
Stay: Briare-free parking next to the canal, toilets and aire with services close by. GPS N47 38.0634' E2 44.4042'
After a reasonable sleep, we headed off at 6:30 this morning. We took the motorways around Paris and felt quite lucky that we did not get stuck in a traffic jam. We stopped in Nemours and did a proper shop to fill up Bluey's cupboards to keep us well feed and watered for the next few days. Then it was back on the road heading for our destination for today - Rogny les Sept Ecluses which had several aires to stay at including one next to the canal. Unfortunately the 4 spots there where taken, so we parked just next to it.
After lunch we went for a walk to the namesake of the town - the seven locks. No longer in use today, the locks were built in 1642 to connect the Loire and Seine Rivers which had a height difference of 24m. By 1887 the locks were abandoned due to their large consumption of water and insufficient size.
When we got back to Bluey we were asked to move on and find a spot in one of the other parking areas. One was next to the locks, which would have been fine, but as it was only 2pm, we decided to push on and drive to Briare on the Loire River. The main attraction here is the metal canal bridge, built in 1896 with the help of Gustave Eiffel, it is the longest in Europe (662.69m). We found a great spot to stay for the night in a parking area just next to the canal and the bridge, then went for a walk along it.
Later we walked into town and had a look in St.Etienne Church which is decorated in and out with mosaics.
Feeling still a bit jet lagged we took it easy for the rest of the evening.
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