St Jean les Deux Jumeaux to Meaux

34 kms, 2 locks

I took my daily constitutional to the bakery, just to find it is closed on Wednesdays.  Oh dear, no fresh baguette today.  How will we survive?

After 5 days of 27^o temps and unrelenting sunshine it was a pleasure to have a cooler day and lots of clouds today.  The forecast even mentioned thunderstorms this afternoon.

We left at 9.20, used our telecommande one last time to enter the lock then had to hand it back to the lock keeper.  Sob.  

The route we took today meandered north, south, east and west for 34 kms and we ended up just 10 km away as the crow flies. It was quite breezy and depending on whether the wind was with us or against us, our jackets went on and off. We passed 2 prospective moorings we had considered stopping at should we have had the time to do the leisurely cruise down the Marne we had planned before we decided I should fly home to do the hand over to our new house sitter.  Both places, Mary-sur-Marne and Germigny-l’Eveque looked tenable and in the heart of small villages (no services).

The clouds are gathering

A boating school, what a lovely place to have it.

Approaching Meaux

A yacht club with a beach

The view from the marina.

At 13.20 we arrived in Meaux.  It costs €7.00 per day which inlcudes 8 hours of electricity and 10 minutes of water.  

Lynn (Ian's sister) and Shaun were arriving in France today to start their 6 month cruise.  Ian followed their flight on a flight tracker app.  Their flight path took them very close to Meaux and we watched as the plane flew past.

Took me too long to get the camera out so I missed it when it was close but there is an aeroplane between the tree and the church tower.

I walked to the station to time how long it will take on Friday morning, to check the time table and find out if I needed to buy a ticket in advance or if the ticket office would be open at 6.00 in the morning.  It opens at 4.30.  It is just a half hour train ride from Paris so I suppose a lot of commuters live here.

Then I went to the laundry to make sure I have some clean clothes to travel home in on Friday.

Ian continued working on the galley floor.

It poured with rain briefly and we had some lightening and thunder, but I hesitate to call it a thunderstorm.

Tourist time tomorrow!