Monday 19th September - Chalon sur Saone to Gergy

Left Chalon at 10.30 for our short run to Gergy.  We have stopped in Gergy many times - it has a rather ropey pontoon but a very good restaurant on the waterfront.  Unfortunately as it was Monday, as usual, it would be closed for the day, which means that, having not cooked for a long while, Crew would be on galley duty for the third night in a row.......feel a mutiny coming on!!  We tied up behind a nice German couple, with Henk mooring behind us.  The ropey pontoon was even more ropey as it was now broken in the middle, making it difficult for us to get Henk secured since he was straddling two parts of the pontoon!  We got there in the end!  After our usual lunch Skip took a walk into the village to find all the usual amenities including a bar, a coiffure, a small supermarket and a hotel/ restaurant - which was closed down!  Although not raining, we have now lost our summer climate and are well and truly into autumn and as Crew was only doing a cold supper, found some soup to warm us all up!!

17 km O locks 1 1/2 hours