Cold and damp. At 8.30am a loaded peniche called Dahana went
past heading uphill. Mike cleaned the contacts on my bedroom wall clock and,
surprisingly, it worked again. Another working boat, called Galion, went past heading uphill. Set off around 9.30am – up lock 67 Ponthion. 4.5kms to next, rain
pouring, slowly up the pound as we have two loaded (therefore slow) boats in
front. Lock 66 Bignicourt, short wait while it emptied. Mike was listening to the
two skippers chatting on marine radio.
Nice chateau below the lock and a VNF boat Aquabus was moored in a place for tourist boats. A VNF lady was on the lockside – asking the usual questions - where we from, going
to, etc. A converted péniche called Morrigan, was coming downhill as we left 66.
Another péniche Feldspath, a specialised type of graveller, also downhill. A black and white duck was lurking in the
undergrowth, frantically trying to hide. The loaded boat in
front was just leaving the next lock. Coypu
or beaver swimming down the canal towards us but it disappeared into the herbage
before we could see exactly what it was. Wait below lock 65 Etrépy. 2kms to the
two locks at Pargny, 64 & 63. VNF were unloading dredgings from péniche
Olympe on to the towpath between the locks, backfilling the piling. Pirate, loaded with what we thought was soil was moored above the locks. Mike timed the
boat in front from when it went into the lock and the gates started to shut to
when the lock reset for us was 14 minutes. It took us 9 minutes (we get in
quicker and pull the rod) Two dead pike seen by Mike (not long dead) each about
2 feet long. Up 62 l’Ajot then 61 La Chaine. Into the little town of
Sermaize-les-Bains, up lock 60 Sermaize. Round the bendy bit and up 59
Remmenecourt. Pounds just a couple of kilometres long, up 58 Chevol. Below lock
57 Contrisson VNF were clearing out the old dredging tip loading it into a
péniche called Thiros (that would be what Olympe and Pirate were doing too) Up
lock 57 and arrived at 5.20pm tied to the piling in Contrisson.Wednesday 8 May 2019
Wednesday 3rd April 2019 Brusson to Contrisson 18.9kms 11 locks
Cold and damp. At 8.30am a loaded peniche called Dahana went
past heading uphill. Mike cleaned the contacts on my bedroom wall clock and,
surprisingly, it worked again. Another working boat, called Galion, went past heading uphill. Set off around 9.30am – up lock 67 Ponthion. 4.5kms to next, rain
pouring, slowly up the pound as we have two loaded (therefore slow) boats in
front. Lock 66 Bignicourt, short wait while it emptied. Mike was listening to the
two skippers chatting on marine radio.
Nice chateau below the lock and a VNF boat Aquabus was moored in a place for tourist boats. A VNF lady was on the lockside – asking the usual questions - where we from, going
to, etc. A converted péniche called Morrigan, was coming downhill as we left 66.
Another péniche Feldspath, a specialised type of graveller, also downhill. A black and white duck was lurking in the
undergrowth, frantically trying to hide. The loaded boat in
front was just leaving the next lock. Coypu
or beaver swimming down the canal towards us but it disappeared into the herbage
before we could see exactly what it was. Wait below lock 65 Etrépy. 2kms to the
two locks at Pargny, 64 & 63. VNF were unloading dredgings from péniche
Olympe on to the towpath between the locks, backfilling the piling. Pirate, loaded with what we thought was soil was moored above the locks. Mike timed the
boat in front from when it went into the lock and the gates started to shut to
when the lock reset for us was 14 minutes. It took us 9 minutes (we get in
quicker and pull the rod) Two dead pike seen by Mike (not long dead) each about
2 feet long. Up 62 l’Ajot then 61 La Chaine. Into the little town of
Sermaize-les-Bains, up lock 60 Sermaize. Round the bendy bit and up 59
Remmenecourt. Pounds just a couple of kilometres long, up 58 Chevol. Below lock
57 Contrisson VNF were clearing out the old dredging tip loading it into a
péniche called Thiros (that would be what Olympe and Pirate were doing too) Up
lock 57 and arrived at 5.20pm tied to the piling in Contrisson.
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