Sunday 25th June - Nancy to Toul

We left the port at 8.40 - early for Crew.......quite a hard days' cruising for us without our spare crew today!  Our first lock was 7.3 metres deep, still descending, where we had to give in our zapper, our second only 3 metres but incredibly slow!  Then we were on the Moselle and the locks much bigger, able to take commercial barges.  Our fourth lock of the day had two red lights so we hung around for almost an hour, before finally tying off.......just as well as we waited another half an hour before we got the green light and yet another 30 mins getting through the lock!!  We arrived at Lorraine Marine which was where Skip had asked that we could leave Aphrodite for four weeks at around 3.30 p.m.  The only place we could find to tie off was alongside a miserable looking concrete quay and, looking around the whole place looked deserted - we decided to move on to the other port, Port du France and hope that we found a berth.  Of course this meant negotiating two more locks but we really didn't fancy leaving Aphrodite there for such a period of time.  We backed into a space right outside the Capitainerie and noted the nearby car park.  This port, unlike the other, was pretty central to town and all its' amenities too.....we made the right move!  Skip had a quick scoot around for a convenient bite to eat in the evening and then we relaxed - it had been a long day!  Dinner sadly, was less than averagely good but it served a purpose!!  We sat out on deck in the cool of the evening with our digestifs, then bed.

42 km 8 locks 7 1/2 hours