Friday 13th September - Lahr to Breisach

We managed to leave just after 9.30 a.m. on another beautiful morning, with hardly a cloud in sight.  We sailed through our first lock with no trouble but the second one was a different story.  There were two locks as usual - one for the commercial barges and one for pleasure craft but it looked as if there was some work being done on the small lock, as the gates were open but we had two red lights.  So as we waited for the big lock a barge appeared behind us.  When the lock gates opened, two barges and a cruiser exited, then our barge entered.  Our turn to slip in behind him, which we did but then waited further........another cruiser materialised!  All in all this lock has taken an hour an a half to pass through!!
This is not the best part of the Rhine valley - the river has the same characteristics of a canal but obviously wider and with no towns or villages to pass by, makes for fairly boring cruising.  Needs must however if we are to get back to St. Jean de Losne for the winter!

We arrived in the marina just before four o’clock - could have been worse I suppose but it felt like a long day......even Henk’s not getting any younger!!!!
Beers were completely necessary as the temperature had risen to around 26c but we decided against lunch, in favour of an early dinner.
So after a quick apero we made our way into town and decided to dine where we ate here before - the Saigon restaurant.  We had a mixed starter between us and, being hungry, demolished it in no time.  We all ordered duck as a main course but when it came, it was such a large portion that Crew quickly flagged and in the end asked for a doggy bag......this is getting to be a habit!!  Typically, for September, it was getting quite cool by the time we walked back to the boats, so a bit of TV and bed.

42 km 2 locks 6 hours