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Next day we continued down the valley until it was time for the lockkeepers to have lunch: this time we happened to be near a small village named Chevroches.

Forgot to mention that there is a well-regarded winnery about 3km from Tannay. Unfortunately we didn't have time to visit it.

Heading back to the boat we had some nice views over the Yonne Valley:

Tannay A small village with a population of around 567. As noted above it has a small marina with power and water available. The village is about 2.5km uphill from the canal so we decided to head into town before dinner (at least it will be downhill coming back). At least there were a...

After lunch we continued down the Yonne towards Tannay where there is a "Le Boat" base with power and water, our planned stop for the evening.

Beautiful Landscapes and Decaying Villages Back at post #180 @Freq Flier 2013 asked My answer at #181 was that things seemed pretty good overall in Brittany however in this part of the Yonne Valley, things don't seem to be good at all. It feels very much like a recession. First, some more...

The NAB (ex-CitiPlus) card has been my goto card for ATM withdrawals while in Europe. Never been charged a fee by NAB and until yesterday I had managed to avoid all local ATM fees. However, note that I have only made 4 small withdrawals since July.) My main payment card has been the NAB...

No ATM fee: it appears the AUD has gone south the past couple of days. The rate I got was about 0.23% off the spot rate. It initially looked bad because it was about 1.6% lower than I have been averaging for the past couple of months. Thanks to everyone for their comments; I'm on top of it...

Corbigny Next morning we continued our cruise down the Yonne valley; the canal basically follows the Yonne river all the way to Auxerre. The terrain had levelled out somewhat so it's now fewer locks and more distance betwee them. Easy going except the weather is still not great...

Yeah, revisited the ATM today as a test. Managed to avoid the commission and fee by continuing to push "decline" a number of times. My mistake yesterday was to hit "cancel transaction" too early and look for a different ATM. Mind you, even without a fee or commission, the exchange rate wasn't...

None of the ATMs mentioned anything about DCC at the withdrawal stage; they all did state there was a 13.5% commission. None of them indicated there was a way to avoid it. It was only on the receipt that DCC was shown. It was only because I had abandoned +1 in the restaurant for more than...

Multibanco!!! There the ones that ripped me off; avoid at all cost.

It was definitely DCC and states it on the receipt although no other option was offered. Fortunately I only needed EUR40 to pay a restaurant bill when the barsteward wouldn't accept card. (Used the old excuse that the phone line was down.) I checked out ATMs at 4 different banks and they were...

L'Echelle des 16 écluses (the ladder of 16 locks) Having climbed up one side of the Morvan (and passed through/under the top) it was time to descend into the Yonne valley. On this side of the Morvan the terrain is much steeper so the initial descent is achieved by a "ladder" of 16 locks over a...

Do you remember which banks were fee-free? I tried 4 different banks and each of them wanted 13.5% commission (and that was using my NAB replacement for the CitiPlus).

And a few others as well.

Les Voûtes de La Collancelle Rather than climb over the top of the Morvan, the canal cuts through the top of the mountain by way of three tunnels and deep cuttings between the Etang de Baye and Port-Brûlé, a distance of approximately 4km. This work originally started in 1784 but the canal was...

Etang de Baye Next morning we were ready to go at 0845 but of course we needed to wait for the lockkeeper to arrive. So 0900 came and went, then 0905...around 0920 he arrived and then took about 10 minutes to get organised before allowing us into the lock. Well, this is rural France after...

Mont-et-Marré When doing some "passage planning" prior to picking up our boat, I was hoping that if we got away early and all went well, we may just make it to the top of the mountain the first evening. I should note that the locks are open from 0900 to 1200 and from 1300 to 1900; yes...

Indeed; go and sit in the naughty corner for a few months until all is forgotten.