Friday 24th August - Chevillon to Joinville

We didn’t depart until 10.40 as Crew overslept somewhat which wasn’t too serious as we only had a 12 kilometre cruise and a couple of lifting bridges which were automatic and not requiring a phone call.
The scenery was much improved as the wooded sides to the canal occasionally opened out, giving way to pretty farming countryside - still not many villages but much better than before.
We arrived just outside of Joinville where we had stopped before - a pontoon with limited power, right next to a hotel/restaurant, La Vinaigre.  We managed to moor at the end of the pontoon but Henk had to go further forward and use mooring pins and we had to share the power by using our splitter.
The hotel, which was also the Capitainerie, appeared to keep strange hours and we weren’t able to pay our dues till much later, whereupon we found out that the restaurant was closed in the evening.....Friday, I mean!!!
The good thing about this stopping place is that the supermarket was close by, so Skip bought some pork chops for Crew to cook for dinner......very generous!!
For the first time on this cruise, we actually dined below as the temperature was dropping considerably.  As we were going to stay for two nights, bedtime was a little later than usual.

12 km. 6 locks. 2 1/2 hours