We had to wait for nearly a week at Decize, until the Loire was open. Spring is certainly here with the celandines beside the port.
The lock out on to the Loire is strange, with see-through tops to both top and bottom gates.
The sign at the lock makes sure that we know where to go!
On the Loire the flow was much gentler than it had been last week, and we had an easy crossing to St Lèger des Vignes, on the canal du Nivernais.
It is a pleasant town mooring at St Lèger.
Climbing up above the trees behind our mooring gives a clear view across the Loire valley to the old town of Decize.
Three days later we eventually set off along the canal du Nivernais, past these very French plane trees. We are in no hurry as the Nivernais canal is closed, beyond lock 76, until 15th March.
8 kilometres further on, we stopped on a wild mooring, and walked up the hill to visit Verneuil. The view across the valley from The Puzzler is really good.
The church of St Laurent in Verneuil dates from the 12th century.
There were several of these small, wooden carved reliefs inside the church.
They can be seen above the ancient murals, which are painted along the walls.
Two cranes had a nest on a pole, at the far side of the field, and one of them is there now. They tend to lie down, so are difficult to see.
The other one is hunting for frogs, quite near to the boat.
On Sunday we moved on to Cercy-la-Tour, and were the only boat on the jetty, despite there being electric and water too, at last!
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