Up early again and we were rewarded with an unpleasant slog into a strong headwind. We at last arrived at the first of the two Iron Gates and, amazingly, were met with two green lights and went straight on through. This is a massive double lock. After all our previous lock trouble, it was great to knock this one off. We’re also now through the halfway mark: we have ~930km to go to reach the Black Sea. Next target Iron Gates 2 and Bulgaria