I had been anticipating our arrival at Pont de Pany as there was 2 archaeological sites that I wanted to see. One was a medieval castle at Malain (3km north) and nearby Roman site.
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| Milain, with castle on the hill. |
We started off and after about 4km with no signs locating these places, I looked at the map and realised we were going in completely the wrong direction. We carried in what I thought was the right way, but I didn't look closely enough and we went on another wrong road. The upshot of it all was that we were absolutely exhausted when we arrived at Malain, and so did not go right up to the castle or visit the Roman site!
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| Early Spring flowers at Agey. Miles off our proposed route! |
We did pass through some very pretty villages (Remilly en Montagne and Pralon) and spectacular coutryside. Whereas Malain was nothing to write home about. It did have a little market stall where we bought fresh strawberries, clementines. pears and eggs.
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| Pralon. Abandoned church with house tacked on to the end. |
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| Cat near war memorial at Pralin. They often have bombs on the memorials! |
Chaudenay Circuit.
When we arrived in Pont d'Ouche, I wanted to see the little village where we had previously stayed. Chaudenay le Chateau has a chateau with some serious cracks in the walls.
We set out along the towpath to Crugey and then up to Chaudenay le Chateau. Passed Chaudenay la Ville and from there followed a flatish road to Painblanc, another lovely unspoiled village. We then climbed up into the hills, forever, or so it seemed at the time. Finally up to Nais and down the long winding lane back to Thorley sur Ouche and back to the boat.
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