We woke to grey skies and some rain, so toyed with the idea of staying another night but having looked at the weather forecast, we thought that it would be a getting better sort of day. So we unhitched ourselves from our nice neighbours and set off at 10.20 a.m. At last we are in single figures, locks wise......only 7 today! Also we have bigger gaps between - almost 5 km between two of them! Crew whiles away the time in the locks by assessing the ex lock keepers' houses, mentally improving them......it's either that or take my book up with me!! Not every lock has a house though, which of course, is a disappointment for Crew! No problems today with the locks, so we arrived in Vitry-Le-Francois around 1.30 p.m. We were surprised at how small the port was and indeed how difficult the access was. There were some finger pontoons in the basin but we saw a Kiwi boat we had been following moored on the end of a quay before the basin. We were met by the very friendly lady Capitaine who helped us squeeze in between the Kiwis and another cruiser.
We had our usual lunch and siesta, the. skip went to the supermarket - a 10 minute stroll from the port. Am getting a bit worried about Skips' supermarket habit......think it might be an addiction!! We went into town for dinner but the restaurant we had earmarked was closed until the middle of August! So we found ourselves at the Grilladine and had quite an expensive meal with over cooked vegetables and fake chips! We consoled ourselves with a good bottle of red - although that was expensive too! Considering the excellent meal we had in Pargny-sur-Saulx, Vitry-Le-Francois needs to pull its' socks up!! A fairly balmy evening so we enjoyed digestifs on deck.
21 km 7 locks 3 1/4 hours
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