Full to bursting

This week will be my 60th birthday, which seems to have crept sneakily up on me! As a treat Brian arranged for us to go away for a few days, which was really exciting. So last Thursday we set off on our little mini adventure to the Morvan Natural regional park, which is about 2 hours from us, in Burgundy. We planned to take the scenic route, although we were conscious, with all the rain that had fallen over the last week, that some of the roads may be flooded.

As we crossed the small bridge at Loches-sur-Ources we could see the extent of the water problem.

The river was full to bursting, and very fast flowing. As we travelled past Mussy-sur-Seine, we could easily see that the Seine had burst its banks there. We had heard they were holding back the water in the Seine to protect Paris from flooding.

The Morvan is situated well into Burgundy, and we were going to be staying at a little hotel in the village of Saulieu, but first we wanted to head to the area around Saint Brisson to visit the park visitors centre, and explore some of the countryside there. Over the next few days I’ll share some of our little adventure away.