We left at 9.30 a.m. as we had a longer cruise than the last few days and we wanted to make sure of our berth for the next four weeks or so. This was to be our last days’ cruising for this half of our 2018 cruise so we enjoyed the scenery in the sunshine! All the locks went well until the last (Chalon). Crew twisted the pole and the lights reacted.....one red, one green. Then just as we thought the gates were about to open, we were faced with two reds! Always the last lock!! We tied off on the bank and Skip went up to investigate. After a few minutes, Crew noticed that the gates had indeed opened so waited for Skip to get back. The lock was manned and for some reason the keeper had decided to flummox us! However we managed to find a stern to mooring in the marina and got ourselves settled. Again the sun direction was not ideal as it meant that the aft deck had the hot sun on it all day but, hey ho!!
After some lunch and a bit of a rest, Skip went to the station to buy his ticket for St. Jean de Losne. He came back not best pleased as the strikes were operational both on Friday and Saturday, so had to book his ticket for Sunday......not ideal as we were leaving on Monday! Never mind.
We had a takeaway pizza for supper (not the best pizza in the world) and lounged on the aft deck as the day was cooling. Then TV and bed.
27 km. 5 locks. 4 hours
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