Desination Day

Day 22
Wednesday  17th July 2013

There was a true sadness amongst the crew.....we were leaving Dole to our ultimate destination..St Jean.



 

We celebrated our collective birthdays with coffee and delightful macaroons for morning tea:

Salted caramel

Raspberry

Chocolate

Passionfruit and chocolate

Coffee

Lemon

Vanilla

Praline

The last lock to be encountered happened at 12:20.

 We handed back the remote control, turned the corner into the strait and arrived at Saint Jean des Losnes early afternoon.

 

 

I am not sure that hand wringing washing at the local laundromat was my idea of spending a birthday but it served the ultimate purpose and provided interesting French gossip magazines.

In diverting to Dole, we had done:

 

9 locks up and 9 locks back.

 

18km up and 18 km back.

 

 

 

GRAND TOTALS (including Dole)

Locks: 236

Distance: 996 km

 

The IKEA meatballs did finally rear their head .....with a jar of pasta sauce.........

Despite exhaustion levels, we gorged on chocolate, played the final rounds of Canasta and toasted our very successful journey...MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!