Grey and still damp after last night’s downpours. The Botters stayed until the afternoon but the cruisers left. A large DB moored on the far side of the canal by the commercials. We packed my laptop and went for a drive into France, just over the border beyond the village of Maulde and found a track next to the gated drive to a house, which couldn’t be seen from the road as there were lots of trees. Set up the laptop and the Internet just a few minutes late of my usual Sunday morning chat time with Yvonne in the UK. Two men with big dogs came up and Mike went out to speak to them. They were security guards from the house! They said we were on private land, but not so judging from the number of people using it, several joggers had also gone past as well as the cyclists. We’d be another half hour. We drove a bit further back towards the border and found another track. I’d had an email from Floan; Helen said they’d loaded in Chalons and were heading for Veghel in the Netherlands via Merelbeke and Antwerp and would give us a shout as they went past Peronne. I sent a reply to say we were at Antoing and there was a delay with the dry docking, then we packed up and went back to Antoing for a late lunch. As we got back Floan went past, Anne spotted them as she was outside chatting with Mike so he went down the engine room and put the VHF on to have a quick chat with Helen. Anne and Olly had been to the flower market in the town and had bought some potted plants for their front deck.
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