Our two locks were no problem, although a bit of a wait at both and we arrived in St. Jean around 1 p.m. We had mailed ahead (several times!) to Blanquart’s Marina, resquesting two berths for us but without receiving an answer so we found two spaces ourselves. Henk tied off next to us but his berth had a boat name on it so chances were that he would have to move at some time. Our New Zealand friend, Carol appeared as we approached and helped us in. She and her husband, Frank were just going to drive to Paris, then fly on to New Zealand......it was very good to see them, albeit for a very brief time! Sadly, Carol informed us that our favourite restaurant, Sauconna, was closed down.....such a shame! We had a short chat, waved them off then got ourselves settled in.
We had a light lunch then Skip found the phone number of La Cuminieres restaurant and booked us a table for dinner. A few jobs were done , then a rest.
Our dinner was passable but quite simple, at €24 for theee courses. We decided on an early night as we would be busy tomorrow, cleaning the boat and preparing for our trip back to England on Monday. We are going back to attend the funeral of a dear friend and will return late on Friday 14th September to resume our cruise. It means that we will have the car so we plan to visit some places by road and also by boat for the rest of the month.
33 km. 2 locks. 3 1/4 hours
No comments:
Post a Comment