So, we left Limay and spent another full day on the river in the sunshine, heading ever closer to Paris. We passed Poissy and the lovely Conflans St Honorine - an old gorgeous town that is home to more permanent barges than anywhere else in France. There is a real barge community here - even their church is on a barge! We had initially intended to moor here but found it to be full so carried on through more locks. By this point we had become much better at locks and had a great system going - I climb on the front with one of the ropes from the cleats Mike fitted in the middle, grab an antler, bollard or ladder rung, throw a rope round then wait for Mike. He comes up and takes over
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