Thursday 3rd August - Bar-Le-Duc to Revigny-du-Ornain

We set off around 9 a.m. again, not fully sure where we would moor for the night but needing to get a few locks out of the way.  The locks themselves are not a problem, especially as we are descending but they come thick and fast, every half kilometre or so which makes it very repetitive and tedious.  Also the water level is extremely high on entering and we have to make sure the fenders are as low as possible in order to avoid bashing the hull!  On the early part of todays' cruise the weed in the Canal increased so much so, that Skip had to empty the filter in our seventh lock.  We were hoping to find some sort of quay in Revigny-sur-Ornain and sure enough, after 13 locks we came across a mooring for three good sized boats......no facilities but much preferable to just mooring on the bank as the sides of the canal are shallow with concrete walls - unforgiving!
We had a bite of lunch then attempted a siesta but three teenagers arrived intent on fishing.  They were incredibly noisy and positioned themselves between us and our Dutch neighbours.....right outside our cabin where Crew was trying (and failing) to get some shuteye!  Eventually our neighbour could stand it no longer and appeared, giving them a long tirade (in English!) to no avail!  Crew failed to sleep or even read so decided on deafening music to try and get rid of them but unfortunately, I think they enjoyed it!!  Around 5.30 p.m. they finally gave up and cleared off with quite a big haul of fish!  Peace at last!
We had an early apero and finished off the Chilli con Carne that Crew had previously cooked, so easy dinner.  We did manage to eat on deck but we went below soon after our meal to watch a DVD - no TV here strangely (or radio for that matter) but we are in the sticks.

16.5 km 13 locks 4 hours