Great excitement on our morning walk along the river bank as the boys spotted a family of ragondin swimming amongst the ducks and then two kingfishers honoured us with a highspeed flypast at low level.
This prompted a conversation about the potentials of synchronised barge dancing and Andy was a little affronted when I suggested Lobelia would be an ideal candidate for producing the coloured smoke effects in a Red Arrows styled barge dance.
After two deep locks we moored up below an impressive castle at the pretty medieval town of Tournon. Above us vineyards clung onto the steep hillsides, the names of the wine producers written proudly on numerous rocky walls. Names which conjured up memories of bottles past and inspired us to seek out a spot of refreshment and watch the locals at play.
A pretty footbridge by our mooring linked Tournon with Tain L'Hermitage and we enjoyed a summer evening’s stroll and watched as a variety of ships swept by Lobelia.
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