All went smoothly until our fifth lock when we came across one of the two commercial barges which had passed by us in Piepape earlier. The lock had broken down so we would now have to wait until it was fixed, the peniche locked through and the lock refilled for us. We tried to it off on the side of the canal but as the depth plummeted, decided against it - nothing for it but to wait! This slowed us down somewhat but at least it was gradually warming up.....whilst in our seventh lock, miracle of miracles, the sun made an appearance!
We arrived in Cusey at 1.30 p.m. and immediately recognised it from six years before - in fact as it was pretty full we had to moor in exactly the same place as we did then......adjacent to the toilet/shower block. Not ideal as it meant it would be very difficult to get ashore thanks to a metre high wire fence! For a change we were able to take lunch on deck as the sun was shining, not one hundred percent of course and the air was still pretty cold when it retired! But we decided to make the most of it - such a novelty! Roger and Yvonne turned up just as we'd finished lunch and had to raft up against us......could be a problem for them to get their dog, Chico off the boat!
An Englishman from a smart barge, moored ahead of us helped Skip to plug in, showing him some extra sockets behind the shower block as the one on the quay didn't work and said that one of the sockets was for the pizza van which came on Wednesday evenings. As there was no nearby restaurant, Crew was perfectly happy to enjoy a pizza instead of cooking again. However when the VNF lady arrived to ask about our movements, she told us the pizza van came on Tuesdays!! Typical of our luck - we are either a day too early or a day too late!!
So back to the galley for Crew! We had managed to get a good TV signal by lowering the mast so watched TV and early to bed.
12 km 11 locks 4 hours
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