Our lady lock keeper arrived at the mooring at 9.30 - our pre-arranged time of departure but we had to give Henk a shout as he had not yet been on deck. As we progressed through our dozen locks of the day, it was clear that the keeper had maybe had a change of heart, as she was no longer helping with Henks’ rope or indeed, having happy chats with him. Yesterday she wanted to join him on his boat....not quite sure what has happened here!!
We have quite a few locks today - double figures! As you know, Crew likes double figures but only in the mornings....not locks!! Needs must though. We were blessed with sunny weather but with a biting north easterly wind, which gradually increased as the day went on. We had to stop for lunch for an hour and a half as there was a boat coming downstream.
We arrived in Dannemarie just after 2.30 and were directed to two berths, one on a finger pontoon and one alongside. We decided on going front in on the finger which Skip managed very well....it was just going to be a lot of fiddling with ropes to get us straightened up so the man helping us suggested that maybe we would be better alongside the main quay. We agreed to move - wrong decision!! The wind was so strong by now that we had a brush with a cruiser and managed to scrape some paint off by having contact with his anchor.......merde!!!! We finally managed to tie off in very gusty conditions.
We had a drink and a very light lunch with the idea of going for dinner in the evening but, come the hour, Skip was not feeling up to it really as he had a gum infection which was giving him trouble on and off. So Henk went off and had a very good meal at the Auberge de Leonard and Crew cook a Spaghetti Bolognaise.
TV and bed.
10 km 12 locks 5 hours
10 km 12 locks 5 hours
We arrived in Dannemarie just after 2.30 and were directed to two berths, one on a finger pontoon and one alongside. We decided on going front in on the finger which Skip managed very well....it was just going to be a lot of fiddling with ropes to get us straightened up so the man helping us suggested that maybe we would be better alongside the main quay. We agreed to move - wrong decision!! The wind was so strong by now that we had a brush with a cruiser and managed to scrape some paint off by having contact with his anchor.......merde!!!! We finally managed to tie off in very gusty conditions.
We had a drink and a very light lunch with the idea of going for dinner in the evening but, come the hour, Skip was not feeling up to it really as he had a gum infection which was giving him trouble on and off. So Henk went off and had a very good meal at the Auberge de Leonard and Crew cook a Spaghetti Bolognaise.
TV and bed.
10 km 12 locks 5 hours
10 km 12 locks 5 hours
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