7th - 19th November 2017. Fuel delivery before the Roanne Port Dinner. Shannon likes the autumn leaves, and a kingfisher appears on a wall by the port.

We have taken the easy option this year to fill up with diesel from a tanker. It is a great deal easier than carrying it to The Puzzler in containers!

The Port Dinner was held in the Capitainerie function room this year.

There were 45 boaters from the Port of Roanne here.

A good time was had by all.

Come on now! This is a serious photo!

Les Français s'amusent.

It is nice to see Hervé, our capitaine, here too.

Katya and Jeremy, from L'Authentique, prepared a splendid meal for all of us.

A lot of bushes have been cleared, near to the river Loire.

The stepping stones are easy to use, when the water is as low as this.

Shannon loves to play in all the fallen leaves.

Meanwhile, at the end of the port, a kingfisher is appearing on a building.

By lunchtime on the second day, the background is nearly complete, and our artists are starting on the kingfisher.

By late afternoon it is nearly finished.

What a masterpiece!