Thursday 8th September - Trevoux to Belleville

We left our mooring at our usual time as we didn't have a very long cruise and no locks to Belleville.  we were a little tempted by the moorings in Montmerle-sur-Saone as it looked like a pretty little town but tomorrow we have visitors for lunch and no restaurant was mentioned in our books so we pressed on to Belleville.  A lovely two hour cruise on a beautiful morning saw us tied up on the floating pontoon with free mooring and electricity.......a first on this cruise!  The usual beer and lunch and some research into the towns' restaurants followed, then siesta.  There are three restaurants near the port - two of which are right by the road but the third, La Guinguette, was just across the road from the mooring and much more peaceful.  We needed to find a restaurant for lunch tomorrow as Crews' sister-in-laws' daughter and husband were going to drop by and see us on their way back from a weeks' camping and canoeing holiday.  We decided in the end to give La Guinguette a trial run and went there for dinner - pretty good, run by a very amiable young man......a family business!  He gave us a free digestif after dinner.....nice man!

24 km O locks 2 hours