On our last full day in France I really wanted to take a boat ride through La Brier. We'd visited the national park many times on bicycle, by car and on horseback but we'd never travelled on the waterways that traverse the park. A cross between forest field and Marsh La Brier has a little bit of everything, people who live in La brier have communal rights to the land and the park is dotted with ponies, chickens, goats and cream coloured cattle. We took one of the picturesque little barques, maneuvered via a wooden poll (similar to a gondola) along one of the small canals. We had a tour guide who explained some of the flora and fauna. It was a lovely relaxing morning, enjoying the scenery. We saw lots of wildlife, including a large water rat originally from Brazil which has successfully infiltrated la brier. My favorite scene, however was when a barques passed us, using an outboard motor, when he passed we could see about 20 geese sitting on the floor of the boat, so typically french country.
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