Tuesday 6th June - Dannemarie

We woke to steady rain and wind, which gradually got worse as the morning went on.  Skip however made a foray into town for supplies - Crews' vodka was without tonic, amongst other necessities.  He wore his rain jacket and cut a rather strange figure, wearing Crews' Barbour hat!!  Nevertheless stocks were replenished - happy Crew....always good!  The gusting wind gradually got worse as the day wore on, tossing Aphrodite about on her mooring - our stern was being thrust against the pontoon,with just a fender to protect us from being rammed against it.  We had experimented with placing the bikes on the bathing platform (instead of being on the front deck) - so that was a worry too!  We were so glad that we decided not to travel because the locks would be tricky in high winds.  When we enter the locks, the boat is so high in the lock that even fenders can't protect the hull in strong winds, so there is no pleasure in high wind cruising!  Only have to hope that the wind abates tomorrow as we have booked a table for dinner in Mulhouse for our anniversary on Thursday and Mulhouse is 22 locks away.......we were hoping for a stop midway somewhere.  Fingers crossed!  We were thinking of going into town for dinner but, as the weather was not improving, Crew got to work in the galley and we dined on board.  Watched some TV (patchy but watchable) dined and fairly early bed.