Tuesday 6th June Decize to Fleury

As our fuel gauge was not working, Skip decided to top up the tanks, so that was our first job.  We didn’t leave the fuel pontoon until almost ten o’clock but that was not a problem as it was a very short trip to Fleury.  We locked up in Decize and then just two locks down to the pretty mooring spot in Fleury.
We have moored there twice before and there is a little cafe in a wooden hut alongside, which has added an extra seating area over the years since we last visited.  We debated whether to have lunch or dinner there but decided on lunch and a very lazy rest of day.  A French foursome arrived on a hire boat shortly after we’d got settled and after they had tied up, one of the men passed us on his way to the bar, admiring Aphrodite.  We exchanged a few words and followed him and his friends a little while later.
The set menu was €12, or €14 with a 25cl pichet of wine, so we weren’t expecting too much.  It was indeed a very simple meal but passable.  Whilst eating, two more hire boats pitched up, each with six people on board, all dressed in identical blue and white striped t-shirts.  With some difficulty they filled with water and a few of them had a beer in the bar.  After quite a lot of noise, during Skips’ siesta time, they left!  Then around four o’clock the French crew left, leaving us Billy No Mates on the quay.  By six o’clock however, four other boats joined us.  At around 6.45 another boat tried to moor next to us but one of the hire boats wanted water and had planned to use that space, having asked us to move along so that they would fit in - a bit of an international incident occurred but all was resolved amicably.
A lazy evening with wine and TV followed!

12 km. 3 locks. 2 hours