We then had to divert to a canal as the river was not navigable and we very soon caught up with the commerce, who very kindly let us pass him. We are not sure if there are any lunchtime closures on this stretch so we’re quite surprised that our next lock at the end of the canal showed a red and a green light. The rise was less than a metre so it took no time at all.
We were helped in by a nice Dutchman in Lagny just after one o’clock and settled ourselves. Now the big question was - do we have TV so that we can watch the England v Panama game?? Answer....no! We had a very tall block of flats right by us, blocking the reception.
So, after a swift lunch Skip went across the bridge to a bar in the hope that the game was showing but alas, they had horse racing on the TV! Poor Skip!! He wandered around for a while but to no avail and came back to Aphrodite a disappointed man! A good job we’re nowhere near the final games yet!
We decided to eat dinner on board since the town was having some sort of fiesta with all sorts of games, etc. both on land and on water. It was like a big village fete, with donkey rides and lots of games for the children - many people walking on the quay towards the festivities. In fact when they had decided on a water display with jet skis doing back flips and a strange water jet with a man riding it (see picture....not easy to explain!), Crew was trying to prepare dinner with the boat rocking like mad! My job is not always easy!!
We ate dinner on the back deck, although the wind was still quite blustery, then watched DVDs before bed.
19 km. 2 locks. 3 hours
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