Friday 19th September 2008 – 18:25 local time, Ziemia Cieszynska (First Lock, Welland Canal)

All is not lost. Miraculously, comfort food never before seen on this ship has appeared, as if by magic, as if someone sensed my deep need! Belgian chocolates, boiled sweets, slightly dubious Polish chocolate bars... and I've still got a jam sandwich saved from breakfast in my cupboard...