Back to Rouen today and now on tidal waters again. I had to take on some diesel for the trip down the Seine. The diesel price on the fuel barge, just upstream of Rouen, is the most expensive (1.40 Euros/Litre i.e. approximately £1 per litre compared with 1.08 Euros at the supermarkets) we have encountered during the whole of this trip. I therefore only took on board 200 litres. Fortunately, the fuel consumption at slow speeds on the river has improved from 1 mpg to about 3 mpg.
We spent a couple of days in Rouen so Ann took the opportunity to have a look at some of the places that she missed on our first visit. The building shown in the photograph is the Aitre St-Maclou. These are now the studios of the Regional Art College. However, in the 14th century Rouen’s victims of the Black Death, believed to have numbered 100,000, were placed in a plague pit just in front of the buildings. Fortunately, apart from the carvings on the buildings, there is no sign of them now.
We spent a couple of days in Rouen so Ann took the opportunity to have a look at some of the places that she missed on our first visit. The building shown in the photograph is the Aitre St-Maclou. These are now the studios of the Regional Art College. However, in the 14th century Rouen’s victims of the Black Death, believed to have numbered 100,000, were placed in a plague pit just in front of the buildings. Fortunately, apart from the carvings on the buildings, there is no sign of them now.
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