I realise that it is very hard not to start a post with Well.... or So.... but I will do my best to resist the temptation. Anyway, apologies for the silence: mainly resulting from my having left the laptop charger at home.
We finally set sail on Thursday afternoon after a frustrating couple of days in St Jean getting last minute things fixed - including an annoying leak around the forehatch which dripped on our faces in bed most of the night! We got back into the rhythm of going through the locks fairly rapidly, and reached Dole just before navigation closed for the night, finding a pleasant berth with electricity and water. However, the bad news was that further up the Canal, where it goes into the River Doubs, in a couple of places the water is high and they have closed the floodgates. Which means we are stuck here at least for today, and perhaps longer. So we took advantage to explore the town, which is charming, and also boasts a good computer shop, where we managed to buy a new charger. So it could be worse. Also the Orange Domino dongle that we have to convert 3G signals to Wifi is working well, which means that we have excellent connectivity.
Despite the delay, assuming we get going again in a day or two, and that there are no further extreme meteorological interventions, we are confident that we will meet up with our friends in Germany as planned.
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