23rd June. Said goodbye to Tex and Anthea and had slow day. Had to have a sleep in the afternoon for the first time.

Terry and Colleen leaving us at Charleville

24th June. Dave and Joanna arrived in their Motorhome and will be spending a few days with us cruising south through the Ardenne. Another slow day.

Dave and Joanna at Pont-a-Bar

25th June. Cycled into the train station to see Terry and Colleen off. Dave took T and C in to the station in his MotorHome with all their luggage. Mainly shoes. Sorry to see T and C go, It has been lots of fun. In the afternoon went in the Motorhome with Dave and Joanna to find a Lidel ( Supermarket ) and found a small gas tank and now we can run the outside fridge on gas. Great.

Some beautiful scenery

26th June. Headed out of Charleville with Dave and Joanna heading towards Rethel.  Branched off at Pont-a-Bar onto the Canal des Ardennes. However first stop was going to be Pont-a Bar but decided to continue on and through another 260m Tunnel and stopped at Chemery sur Barfor the night. Weather good and country beautiful.

Exiting a 265M Tunnel

Moored at Le Chesne

Exiting yet another lock

Yet another lock

27th June Headed onwards and ended up in Le Chesne. Yet another beautiful little village. Moored right next to a very old cathedral. Every little town has its own amazing cathedral. Most being hundreds of years old with an amazing history. Had a cycle in the afternoon up to the lake that supplies the Canal des Ardenne with its water.
28th June. Headed out at 9 amfor the staircase of 27 locks which takes us down over 100 metres. Hot as hell today and had to have the canopy down as we are too high for the bridges. Only took us 5 hours. Country is getting more beautiful every day. We are supposed to be under 3.5m but I think we are about 3.7m. Managed to get through but really tiring. Now moored at Attigny after a long hot day. Knackered. We all virtually passed out. 
29th June. Having a recuperation day after our 27 lock experience. Had an afternoon cycle up to some ruins which we saw on the map. But by the time we got there it looks like the site had been sold to a developer and he was turning it into 3 houses and the Euro had donated money towards the project..
30th June. Set off from Attigny and headed for Rethel. Only 18k cruise. Hot day again. Currently in Rethel in a Wifi spot. Of course its a Bar. This post is a bit brief but I am trying to get some software which will enable me to do my posts but not have to be logged into the internet. I think its Windows Live Writer, but cant seem to get it working. Bear with me.