Tom and Ruth left us this morning to travel back home via Paris. We had enjoyed 5 days of their company. They were friends of Bill and Carole and we had a good laugh with them. Tom “Heath Robinson” was even more parsimonious than me, so we got on well. There was a market in the town this morning so we had a look around and Babsie bought yet another handbag and some cushions. We then cycled 9 miles down the canal to Venarey Les Laumes. The towpath was a little bumpy, but we made good progress. We found a really good aire, which wasn’t in the books and decided to stay the night. We cycled home. Unfortunately, the strong head wind changed direction and we had to cycle into the wind on the way back. On top of that we had a couple of showers, but didn’t get wet. It was quite funny that we saw the two hotel boats that we had argued with at the marina in town. We thought it would be a good laugh to drive the vans up there and park outside, but decided against it!