Wednesday 21st September - Verdun sur le Doubs to Seurre

We left Verdun around 10.30 and cruised 7km to the lock.  Unfortunately a very large commerce in front of us took up the entire lock so we had to tie off on the waiting pontoon with Henk rafted alongside.  Altogether we waited an hour to pass through the lock!  We arrived in Seurre around 1.30.  The pontoon is hidden behind a little island - normally we treat it like a roundabout and go round the island and onto the mooring but as we were following Henk we approached from the other direction......plenty of depth, luckily!  We had some lunch, Skip went ashore to check restaurant opening times and some shopping and Crew had a siesta.  Our usual restaurant Les Negociants (also a hotel) was closed down.......dommage!!  Skip has been trying to set up a French bank account so that we can recharge our wi-fi by credit card and phone - and indeed has been trying for about five weeks.....what a saga!!  As he had run out of wi-fi he went to the Capitainerie to pay and sort out his e-mails, etc.  When asked where was best to eat the Capitaine suggested Le Grilladine on the edge of the town, where we had eaten before.  After aperitifs around 7 p.m. we walked to the restaurant - we decided to be brave and sit outside!  A very cheerful, cheeky young waitress served us efficiently and we enjoyed a good meal.

19 km 1 lock 3 hours