Some pics from France

[ChristoT]

I was tempted to ask if it was the Rance, been up there through the Chatelier Lock quite a few times on the boat on way to Dinan, Evran and further.  Can be a bit scarey geting upto that lock on a falling tide and no where else to go  :eek .

I didn't know you sailed! What d'you have? 

We kept our Dufour Classic 41 in Lyvet one summer as we prepared it for homeschooling (back in 2003/4 when I was 11 years old), and we found the worst bit wasn't the Lyvet lock but the one at the Barrage de la Rance! That one's horrible. We also had an "interesting moment" at the railway bridge just before Lyvet's lock - the bridge had a nominal clearance of 19m at high tide, our mast was 17m!!

I regularly go over that swing bridge too - it's 5 mins from my house! I also had a summer job as a cook in the restaurent to the left of the bridge - the Saint Patrick. All very local to me!