We got into a comfortable routine locking up - we now had a 'zapper' so everything automatic. The Canal was very straight with the occasional village to look at. On reaching the outskirts of St. Dizier, it was indeed very industrial. As our charts we're not very up to date we made for the appointed mooring place but the depth gauge plummeted as we approached so we aborted that idea - there were no other boats there in any case and it looked very weedy. Skip pointed out a couple of bollards beside a big industrial building which Crew dismissed immediately as a 'no go'- would rather tie up with spikes on a bank somewhere!
We pressed on, having to go through two more locks to reach a long quay with plenty of bollards and power bournes. On one side was a nautical centre (which we discovered was in fact, a swimming pool complex) and on the other the Miko ice cream factory.
After lunch and rest, Skip went into town for 'a bit of shopping' and a look at the restaurant we had planned for dinner, which was actually visible from the boat. We strolled over just before 8 p.m. and enjoyed just a single course - Skip had an enormous steak tartare and Crew two large pieces of very flavoursome steak......both served with real frites!! Fantastic! As we were both very full (Crew had to ask for a doggy bag for one piece of her steak) we refused a dessert and since we still had wine left, took it with us too. A very good quality meal. The only problem was that there was not an outside terrace - a shame on such a balmy evening!
We finished the wine and enjoyed a couple of digestifs on the back deck, then a DVD and bed. We are watching Poldark and enjoying it very much even though we never watched the very first series.
16 1/2 km 8 locks 3 1/2 hours
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