Once again
we were up early and away, and had a very good run with barely any holdups. The
shower pump worked fine, which was a relief. The weed was not so bad as
yesterday. We have now negotiated 43 locks to get up from the Saone to the
summit (plus three on the Saone) – not bad for two days, but in fact with
little traffic and the automatic systems working – either a remote or radar –
you get through pretty quickly.
The final
flight is eight linked 5-metre-deep locks, which look daunting, but in fact a
lock keeper told us not to bother mooring up, just to activate the system and
hold the boat steady with the engine. It worked fine. This gives a flavour.
At the top
we went through the 4.9 kilometre Balesmes tunnel – quite a feat of
engineering, but cold, dank and rather boring to navigate. Quite a lot of
concentration needed to keep straight. Here we are going in:
…and coming
out.
We then
dropped down a couple of locks to a mooring below the town of Langres. We intend
to stay here a couple of nights and do some sightseeing and shopping tomorrow.
Here’s a photo of Langres in the distance – against the sun! We’ll try to do
better tomorrow.
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