We left just after 10 o'clock in beautiful sunshine again. Skip, along with Aphrodite, was looking forward to some faster cruising today on the lovely clean river Saone with only two locks. Having said that, both locks were painfully slow, even though they were only just over a metre deep!
We arrived on the fuel pontoon just after 1.30 p.m. to find another boat waiting for fuel, which is switched off over the lunchtime period. By the time he had filled up and we had taken on almost 540 litres ourselves we had spent an hour there.
We then made our way to Blanquart's, our home port. Finding the visitor pontoon occupied, we set about looking for a berth and ended up just a few spaces from where we were moored over winter. It's quite strange being in this port with the only language being spoken is English! There are Kiwis, Aussies and even Americans - oh, and a few Brits!
We settled in and relaxed into life in St. Jean de Losne. At 5 p.m. there were at least two drinks parties going on around us - it could get busy in the next few days. Most of the Antipodeans and Americans seemed to be packing up and heading back home - just a few Brits left now!
No cooking for Crew tonight - we walked into town and had a lovely meal in our favourite restaurant, Sauconna. We even sat outside......lovely!
Digestifs, TV and bed.
33 km 2 locks 2 1/2 hours (1 hour for fuel)
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