Friday 23rd September - Seurre to St.Jean de Losne

Our final day cruising to St.Jean de Losne - our overwintering port.  We left port at 10.30 and after a twenty minute wait for the lock in Seurre started our last cruise of 2016.  An uneventful cruise saw us onto the fuel pontoon in St. Jean - we need to fill the tank full of diesel for the winter otherwise condensation will get into the tank and result in contamination of the fuel.  We took on 550 litres of fuel and are now €680 the poorer but that is what it has cost for a whole 3 months cruising!  We then said 'au revoir' to Henk and left him to fill up himself and then moor on the town quay.  We tied up on the Visitors' pontoon to await the re- opening of the Capitainerie at 2 p.m.  Skip went up just after 2 and we were assigned a berth, which thankfully, was closer to the Capitainerie and indeed the town.  For six years we had moored in H2O but although the marina is nearer the town we found it very expensive for repairs - lots of people have highly recommended Blanquarts, the marina next door, as the quality of workmanship is better and less expensive.  As we have quite a long list of jobs to be done it could be financially advantageous!
We settled ourselves into our mooring and relaxed for a while.  Crew cooked more duck breasts for dinner, with vegetables, a cheesy potato dish for Skip and Crew and a jacket potato for Henk.  Lazy chat and bed.

20km 1 lock 2 1/2 hours