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| Sign board Marne-au-Rhin |
Rain first thing, then sunny but chilly with a
cold wind. Set off at 10.30am after the rain stopped, Mike decided we may as
well get going. 11.15am up
the first lock no 3 Couvrot, which was empty (all the rest were full so we had
to wait while each one emptied). VNF men were chopping up a large log with a
chainsaw on the lockside. Short distances to the next two, fifteen minutes to
lock 2 Lermite then lock 1 Vitry at midday. Through the town and on to the
canal de la Marne-au-Rhin. 3kms to the first lock no 70 St Etienne (still all
automatic) it was midday. 2kms to lock 69 Adecourt 1.30pm as we set off on the
3kms pound to Brusson lock 68, pushing through a great wedge of weed that had
gathered at the top gates. We moored next to the piling between the villages of Brusson and Ponthlon
around 3pm. Mike had just put the dish up when there was a huge flash of
lightening and a tremendously loud bang – in the field opposite the boat. The
thunderstorm and heavy rain continued well into the evening.
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