October 9. Baye to Chatillon de Bazois. 10 easy down locks.

We wave goodbye to the Germans who are heading north to the locaboat base where we stayed the night before.

Stork nest? I would say Osprey if we were home. Could be heron as well, as we’ve seen many of those as well.

Reminds me of home.

Love the colours.

Still talking to each other! No mutiny yet.

Some of the mistletoe is truly impressive.

Scott baked homemade pretzels in the what he called a piece of crap oven and chicken teriyaki for supper. Borscht for lunch. Our boat is stocked with fresh herbs, fruits and veggies.

Just wanted to show the force with which the locks are emptied. We go down in the boat quite fast.

The original living walls. It’s amazing that these plants survive being periodically submerged. There’s no soil but I suspect the canal water acts as heavy duty fertilizer.

Weird moss on the lock wall.

Borscht for lunch.

And apparently a bag of Bugles.

Lots of herons and egrets but they all take off when they see Ken coming.

This is the back of the chateau, well moor the boat in front of it. Parts of it exist from the 10th century when it was a castle surrounded by the river on 3 sides.