The first part of the journey, when we leave Paris on Friday, will take us further up the river Seine. This will mean that we will go past the junction with the Marne and through the industrial suburbs of Paris. After that, the surroundings should become more countrified with the Forest of Senart on the right bank and then Fontainbleu’s forest on the other. When we reach St. Mammes we will turn off the Seine onto the Canal de Loing. This is mostly man-made, it was opened in 1723, and runs for most of its length alongside the Loing river. There are a number of holiday boat hire companies on this route so, hopefully, there will be more places for pleasure boats to moor than we have experienced on the Seine.
We will be entering a region where vines are grown so we are hoping for good food and wine along this route.
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