The fuel man arrived at 8.15 - fifteen minutes early! It took around 45 minutes to deliver 250 litres as the nozzle had to be hand held since it was too big to fit our aperture. Skip then went to the boulangerie and we left the port at ten o’clock.
A trouble free short cruise with just 2 locks and a lifting bridge saw us moored on the pretty quay in Chamouilly. We had forgotten that this stretch of the canal has quite a few lifting bridges, some operated by the telecommande, some by detection and some needing a phone call.
We arrived around midday and having moored, we decided that we should turn the boat around as the sun would be on the back deck for most of the day. So before we connected to power we did just that - much better, we could shade the deck with our sun blinds!
The electricity was a complicated affair - Skip had to post his credit card into a machine, whereupon he got a piece of paper with numbers on it that had to be put into the borne......16 hours for €8. All very odd!
The plan was to have lunch here as we were fairly early and we had enjoyed a couple of very good meals at the Hotel Cheval Blanc last year. Unfortunately it was closed for holidays until tomorrow, so we broke out the cheese selection instead! Plan B - lunch at the Cheval tomorrow!
Not too much in the way of work as it was over 30c.....too hot for anything strenuous. We all decided that we weren’t very hungry in the evening but Henk suggested he would make some crepes, to which we readily agreed and Skip cooked some crispy bacon to go with them - delicious and just the right amount!
Henk went back to his boat and we watched one episode of Poldark before retiring ourselves.
8 km. 2 locks. 1 1/2 hours
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