 Chatillion en Bazois Chateau
The second part of the Nivernais, from Marigny to Decize took 5 days. We cruised for about 4 or 5 hours each day and moved every day. We needed to get to Decize where we were going to do our exam with Tam and Di Murrell. This has given us the qualification to cruise the German waterways.
This part of the Nivernais Canal makes it's way through Nievre, the most rural part of Burgundy. The landcape is attractive, but is so sparesly populated that the towns and villages are bereaved of life.
Decize is one such town, and the new marina is away from he main centre and is pretty uninspiring. Not the place I would have chosen to spend 4 nights, but we had the course to do and we also collected the car with the help of Steve who runs the port at Marigny, and were able to leave in the car park by the capitaniere in Decize for the remainder of our trip.
The main interest in this part of the Nivernais is the Sardy staircase and the following series of tunnels.
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| Me outside Pottery at Ecluse No 2 of the Sardy lock staircase. |
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| Port Brulee Lock Cottage. Top of staircase. |
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| Cafe/Art Ecluse at Sardy Staircase |
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| Port Brule top of Sardy Staircase near water source. |
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| Going through the cutting at La Colloncelle |
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| Bridge over cutting |
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