MOORINGS

Moorings can vary a great deal. It's always a question in our minds when we're navigating. Where will we moor tonight? Will there be enough room for us? Most of our moorings are very good but occasionally you feel there could be a security issue or you feel just a little bit vunerable. However the other afternoon we moored in Lille. It was hard to find a decent mooring right in the middle of town but the old Lille Port Fluviale was free next to a warehouse. Not the most salubrious of sites but a good edge with good bollards next to some commercial barges. We went out for an evening drink and found the site was very secure with fencing all around and huge gates at either end which were open. Next morning we wanted to go shopping and wander around Lille. The site was more secure than we realised. Both gates were closed and locked as it was the weekend. We were determined to get out somehow. We scoured the fencing and found a panel that had come down, so we lifted our bikes over and off we went. We certainly felt Soraya was safe there.

Our salubrious but secure mooring in Lille.

Lifting the bikes over the fence.

A much prettier mooring.