Pagny-sur-Meuse

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A big challenge the engineers of 1845 had was going from one catchment to another . In this case into the Meuse valley. The hills between the Marne side and the Meuse side are where you see numbers 12 and 12a. They built a tunnel under them! Unfortunately we couldn’t bike through it and had to follow the blue line up and over.

Leaving Démange we passed the fire station still with the old lavoir attached( village wash house)
Entering houdlaincourt. Nearly every village in this area has flower displays
Out the other side of town we start climbing. It’s about 25° and we were soon stripping off
Delouze. Luckily I had no washing but Christine wanted to see how they did it. This one had a spring at the top end. Most just used river sides
Mauvages . We had to see where the tunnel came out. Unbelievably this boat ( Belgium again ) was just exiting. Probably the only boat today
They can go through under their own power now but they once had to be towed through. Firstly by horse, then by a tiny electric train. Finally by an electric boat ( you may be able to see the power cables near the ceiling )

We were hoping to be able to bike the canal from here but the path was almost non existing . The D10 ran right beside it anyway

Sauver. There’s been a real absence of cafes in this region of France. Luckily our host from last night set us up with eggs and bread to make a snack
Leaving Void ( twinned with the town of Null ) we were finally able to ride beside the canal. The track might be narrow but it was smooth. That’s the N4 down there with 2 lanes both ways. Some people prefer to see France from there in a luxury coach.(Perhaps we’re mad )🤪
Pagny-sur-Meuse. Our receptionist switched to English with just a press of a button then handed me the key.

It’s actually a good hotel but I actually prefer a real person to greet me

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