Gnomes galore

After yesterday’s bright sunshine, we did two washes last night, and hung one out overnight. Inevitably today dawned grey and miserable, with fine Scottish-style drizzle along the river, so nothing much dried, and we still have a bag of wet stuff.

However our journey was cheered by a garden full of gnomes at the second lock of the day:

And also by the statue of a seated fisherman in Port sur Saone:

Going along the river, it was good to see a small boy catch a small fish, with great excitement. I gave him a thumbs up which he returned with a broad grin. We also finally found a lock selling stuff - it used to be the norm. So a few bottles of wine, a pot of terrine and some eggs were duly purchased, to see us to the end of our trip. The day’s run also included one of the two tunnels on the river, which is quite a sight, and quite an engineering feat, I guess. Here are some shots:

Finally, we were surprised by another castle, and couldn’t resist the pic.

So today we covered 75 kilometres and negotiated nine locks, which was pretty good going. No holdups to speak of at the locks helped. We were also pleased to see rather more boats on the river than recently, mostly going upstream. Tomorrow should be our last full day’s sailing, and then just Tuesday morning to take us home to St Jean (hoping to find the car parked where we left it two months ago!).