Bar le Duc to Naix-aux-Forges

24 kms, 23, or 24 locks, and 2 lift bridges

 Nice day today.  We were travelling at our own speed after spending 2 days either behind a commercial barge or sharing locks with a second boat.  A sunny morning turned into a rainy afternoon, and the locks came thick and fast, 23 locks in 24 kms, well that turned out to be 24 locks seeing we had to one of them twice. You see, we entered a lock, going uphill, it filled and the gates opened but there was a huge tree trunk across the exit. Ian got off the boat and pulled it out the way but by then the gates had closed with out boat still inside. I phoned for help and they reset the lock but it emptied again and we had to reverse out, go back in and wait for the lock to fill all over again and second time round we got out in time.  Different, a bit confusing, but quite funny in the end.

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