Saturday 17th September - Chalon sur Saone

We decided on staying for three nights, although Chalon is pretty expensive at €23.50 per night but the weather forecast was very bad until Monday.  Skip and Crew found a slot to visit the huge supermarket for supplies and indeed, as we exited the sun shone for a millisecond, making us hot in our coats!!  A few chores, the usual lunch and a promise from Crew to cook a chicken roast for dinner!  Cooking in a ships' galley is not the same as in a domestic kitchen - everything is on a smaller scale and when Skip is on drinks' duty, the constant interruptions to get to the fridge are not conducive to cheering Crew up at all!!  Just before Crew started the operation, Skip decided to defrost the freezer part of the fridge so Crews' first job was to soak up the water on the floor and clear out the shelves of the fridge.....not a good start!  Somehow a meal was put on the table, after many mopping up operations and wet shoes for Crew!  The 'boys' we're enjoying a box of Cahors wine, which is a very rich dark colour - finally Crew got a chance to try it for herself......Mmmm, very good!  Digestifs, a DVD and bed - we do actually have TV now but, as usual, nothing on!!