April 18th and 19th, from 

Joinville to Chamouilley

24 Kms, 11 locks and 5 lift bridges

Not much to say about our travels today.  It was sunny and warm, all the locks and lift bridges worked, it was pretty and a commercial barge passed us.  Most interesting thing is we are getting close to and airforce base and we have see (and heard) lots going over us yesterday and today.  These are the old Mirages that are mostly used for training and we are wondering if they are training Ukrainian pilots.

Chamouilley to Orconte

Today we travelled past the Airforce base.  4 jets had taken off about an hour before and they came back in to land as we went past.  They were Rafale jets, not Mirages.  Made my day.  Apart from that, a commercial barge came past us late yesterday evening and we passed a couple of pleasure boats today.  The canals are not busy yet.  We have stopped near a village called Orconte, near Vitry-le-Francois, which is at the end of the Canal entre Champagne and Bourgogne.  We have really enjoyed this canal, even though it was our third choice of route it has turned out well.

The barge passing us late yesterday

A road lift bridge and a rail turning bridge

St Dizier-Robinson airforce base

Rafale jets flying over us

A memorial to two pilots who were killed here in 1971

One of the jets coming in to land, very difficult to get a good picture