Lille to Douai

43 kms, 1 lock, 6.5 hours

After a very successful visit to the Free Centre, where we got a Sim card with unlimited phone calls and sms plus 100 Gb (yes, 100 Gb) of data for 19.99 per month, we left Lille at 11.00 am. The morning started off very foggy and ended up with hazy visibility till the sun got really high – and hot.

The canal from Lille to Douai is part of the “grand gabarit” (large scale) network so it is very wide and lacking in character, but not unattractive.

Lille docks,  big port.

A water feature alongside the canal

Imaginative graphiti

Some interesting old houses

Only one lock today, sharing with a biggie

A bad attempt of taking a pic of Ian working while I steer

Wide canal, narrow bridge on a corner, make sure you are listening for approaching traffic on Channel 10

Bad pic, but two kids having god clean fun in a dinghy

A fancy house froma bygone era

More good graphiti

The entrance to the off-shoot into the Douai porte de plaisance - amost blocked by commercials

 

Under a low-ish bridge, no need to take down the bimini

to the approaches to Porte de Plaisance de Douai

We tied up at the free moorings in Douai at 17.45.

I received sad news today that my mother is not at all well.  I may be flying to South Africa in the next day or two so might not post any more news for a few days.