Monday 21st May Cappy to Peronne

Trip 15kms Departure 2pm. Locks 3 of 18. Weather heavy rain am showers til teatime overcast evening

Had a boat cleaning and chores day with crappy Cappy weather. Fan heater did us proud and all clothes now stashed dry. Trip was delightful so it was a shame about the overcast conditions and the Somme really narrows in these upper stretches.

We presented our favourite eclusier with a bottle of the prized merlot as he had been so cheerful and helpful. A weelly nishe guy.

We had planned on stopping at place called Feuilleres but the halte was next to a busy road and when I inched alongside Doucette stuck hard 1 ft from bank and it felt stony so ended up moving on to Peronne which meant we had suddenly left the Somme after a fantastic 3weeks.

 

Peronne was packed but there was a tiny gap on the inside just against the bank. I was happy draught would be ok as had been there last July. 42ft broom and a large peniche were in the firing line but good old Doucette turned on a sixpence and we were in and electric and water a plenty. We met Colin and Hilary from the broom and there pet Newfoundland rabbit "scruff". Colin tried to sell me his broom and Collette seeing its size was impressed. Not for me though.

We get news from home but see a bad forecast for next 2 days. Have a marvellous coq au vin for dinner and drink merlot to come to terms with the forecast.