Hot and getting hotter. Well, we're heading South again. Dropped down the lock at Ecuelles with a fast German cruiser and a small French ex hireboat. 32kms of lovely winding river down to the town of Chalon-sur-Saone where we were meeting old friends. Traffic was quite busy with lots of passing pleasure boats and commercials. The speedboat fraternity, water skiers and waterscooters were in evidence again as we approached the birthplace of the father of photography, Nicephore Niepce (1765-1833). Our friends had already arrived, loaded with grain for Paris which didn't have to be there until 3rd Sept so they had time to relax a little. We had an extremely pleasant evening talking about the old boating days in the UK and antics of the novice pleasure boaters on French waterways and how easily they can foul up automatic locks.
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