L'YONNE, YOGA AND A REFRESHER

In these days of static existence we do spend some time assessing the height of the river and the speed. It's currently about a metre higher and running at roughly 8kph, a slow run or good walking speed. It's all very unknown, Francoise Holland has declared a 'State of Emergency' due to the natural catastrophe, in Paris the Louvre amongst other sights are closed and even parts of the Paris Metro are flooded! We are on the river that feeds the Seine in Paris, so we are getting it first. The debris the river carries is amazing. Occasionally a large log or half tree hits Soraya with a low frequency boom, boom, boom.... akin to a bass drum roll as it rattles down the side of Soraya's hull. Fun, fun in the middle of the night.

Current view from Soraya's wheelhouse. Full river and grey sky.

We are getting to know Auxerre well, in between the showers. My normal morning runs have been severely curtailed due to the rain. Well I'm not that keen to run in the rain. If no run it's a few sit-ups, weights or wheelhouse yoga. Balance darling, balance. So there has been quite a lot of yoga recently. Of course there are also the coffee shops. Our current favourite is a little specialist coffee shop next to the Quai called 'Au 87'. Good coffee and wi-fi.

Margaret in Au 87 doing a bit of iPadding.

Back to Soraya, what height will she be at? We are not above the quayside yet, it won't be long.

Well it's that time again...... and who's round is it? Good book.