Sunday 24th September - St. Jean de Losne

Well, dear readers, it's the end of the boating season!  Our first 8 weeks were excellent with some very interesting places to re-visit and glorious weather.  Gary and Tina visited us from Lanzarote for 8 days - the weather was so hot that Tina found it a bit too much some days!!  However all systems on Aphrodite worked well......no problems!
For our second 6 weeks, we had mixed fortunes.  The weather started off reasonably well but August soon deteriorated with just the odd sunny day and plentiful rain.  In the middle of August, Martin and Clare came to visit for three days and, although the weather wasn't brilliant, we managed to have a great time with both Skip and Crew made redundant as Clare took over the helm and Martin stationed himself on the from deck wielding ropes with eclat!  The unseasonal weather carried on through September with accompanying very cold mornings and nights!!  Andy and Sally arrived on 12th September to stay with us for three days when disaster struck!  Just two hours before their arrival our guest toilet broke down.  Despite finding a good plumber we were unable to fix it and they had to decamp to a hotel for two nights before deciding to make a slower return to England, via Epernay and Reims.....such a shame!  During the last nine years of our French adventures, we have never had such bad summer weather but I guess one out of nine is not bad!!  Fingers crossed for next season.
Skip was very kindly driven to Toul to collect the car by Steve and Janette on Monday.  We now have five days to put Aphrodite to bed and say au revoir to our friends which means cleaning and socialising in equal measure......it's a hard life!
Hopefully 2018 will deliver some better weather so that Crew can step ashore and explore more of the places we visit......and pass the info on!
Au revoir tout Le monde!!
Bissous. XX