Tuesday 18th September - St. Jean de Losne to Seurre

Hello again folks!  After our convoluted trip back to Blighty we arrived back in St. Jean on Friday afternoon.  The plan was to have a couple of quiet days before cruising again, however as our Kiwi friends, Peter and Gwen were in port, staying on their boat which was on hard standing, that plan was negated!  We went out to dinner with them and Henk on Saturday evening, then invited them over to Aphrodite for lunch on Sunday.  So the party carries on!!  On Monday Skip took them to the station to start their journey home, staying in the U.K. for a couple of weeks before returning to New Zealand.
The plan for us today was to cruise to Seurre for lunch as it was just a short trip but the weather had other ideas!  Henk came over and showed us his weather radar which showed a storm heading our way - indeed it had rained somewhat overnight.  Shortly after ten o’clock the storm rumbled over us and continued for almost two hours, so we didn’t leave until 12.15 p.m.
We enjoyed a fast cruise on the lovely River Saône in glorious sunshine, as did Aphrodite and, after one big commercial lock, one and a half hours later saw us tied up in Seurre.  We had a very late lunch and planned to dine in town.  Skip in fact, walked into town and booked a table for us in the little pizzeria where we had lunched last year.
We had our usual aperitifs on deck then walked to the restaurant where we enjoyed a good meal.  Seurre is what Crew calls a ‘shabby chic’ town, dating back to the 5th century BC with many very ancient buildings......a favourite stop for us.
After digestifs on the back deck we retired a little later than we should have!

17 km. 1 lock. 1 1/2 hours