Section 1 of our voyage takes us, after a delayed start, 298 miles northwards and through 16 locks, some of which are huge:
- from Aigues Mortes along the Canal du Rhone a Sete and the Petit Rhone to join the main Rhone near Beaucaire >>>>
- up the Rhone to its confluence with the Saone at Lyon >>>>
- on up the Saone past Macon >>>>
- to an ‘interesting’ stop-over at Chalons-sur-Saone >>>>
- after which we turn left onto the canals >>>>