Monday 21 st August - Chalons-en-Champagne

Skip cleaned the outside of the boat whilst Crew was still having a lovely lie in, although she managed to do a bit of cleaning and curtain washing before lunch.  When Skip went into town for groceries he stopped at the Tourist Office to ask if there was an electrical shop in town to replace our Sky box......he was shown a shop which was quite a distance from where we were - nevertheless, he decided to walk there after lunch.  He likes something to do. When he had gone two fishermen turned up, one with a nice dog.  There was suddenly a lot of shouting which turned out to be one of them screaming down his phone at someone - this lasted for about fifteen minutes, making it difficult to concentrate on anything!  After his tirade they decided to set up right outside our aft cabin and put music on.......so much for a siesta!!!  I always thought that French people were ultra aware of anti-social behaviour - not in the case of fishermen it seems!  Crew turned the radio up!  Our nice French neighbours had taken their dog for a walk before this happened and, on their return, must have told them to disappear as they legged it rapidly!!  Great.....radio down again!  Too late for a siesta now!

We went out for dinner just before 8 o'clock and walked to the main square only to discover that the only restaurant that was open was the one we had had lunch in yesterday, La Bourse.  With no competition, the food was only average.  DVD and bed.