29th July 2009  - No boating today - Alongside in Rouen  
Not such an early start today, first activity was a short cruise 2km upstream to Amfreville fuelling barge to get some much needed juice back in our tanks.  We retuned to Rouen and this time secured a pontoon berth so decided that we would stay the day and have a rest from cruising.

Another beautiful day so we offloaded the bikes (it's about time they were used after bringing them all this way!) and headed into Rouen town to try and find a supermarket to stock up on essentials.  Trying to find a supermarket is a nightmare, we even asked for directions in an English Hotel, but eventually after risking our lives cycling round Rouen we located a supermarket, just needed then to work out how to carry the bags back to the boat!

It was now late afternoon and after a lovely late lunch we started early preparations to secure the boat for sea and then Andy and I headed back into Rouen for a few drinks.  It was raining now - typical - so we located the first bar and learning from our previous evening in Paris we ordered a bottle of wine.  After a few games of pool and a second bottle of wine we moved on and the the night slipped away ending in a Nightclub that did Karaoke! :-)

 
View from alongside in Rouen