We decided to travel separately as it goes much quicker alone in the locks - we did this successfully on the Doubs, so thought it a good idea. Or it would have been if a German couple hadn’t followed us in. However, they moored up just after the lock - we thought to visit a supermarket. That had been in our thoughts but we missed it, not being able to see a supermarket, so we cruised on alone.
We have 10 locks today.....a novelty for us on this trip! But they are very quick and easy.
Quite a few cruisers have passed us, luckily in the opposite direction, so most of the locks are ready for us, making everything smooth and easy. It’s very pleasant in the sunshine cruising along at 8 kph, saying ‘bonjour’ to passing walkers, cyclists and joggers. We are enjoying temperatures of around 23-24c with a bit of a breeze - perfect early autumn weather.
You may notice that the blog is a little more verbose than recently - Skip went into town and furnished Crew with a SIM card for her old I-Pad so am able to touch type again.
We didn’t arrive at the small port until almost four o’clock, so lunch was very late!
Around 7.30 one of the campers came over and asked if we would like to take wine with them, so we took our two chairs, wine and glasses over to join them - Henk didn’t come as he was tired. They were all German speaking but all spoke English. Our neighbour on a 100 year old boat, which had belonged to his parents was present with his little dog too. We only stayed an hour or so as it got quite cool and we suspect these camping people go to bed early.
So back to the boat to finish the wine and watch a DVD - not a spark from the TV here!!
30 km 10 locks 5 1/2 hours
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