16th June

I have been struggling to access my blog site which, it seems, now belongs to google………..hence the delay!

Exactly two weeks now since leaving Castelsarrasin. And, we’ve been very busy doing very little! By the time we travel a bit, ‘do’ a few locks, shop, walk the dog, bit of boat cleaning and maintenance……….well, there’s hardly any time left for fishing!!! It’s just amazing how easily the days are filled.

The canal is also very sociable. Just by being on it grants you membership of a kind of fellowship! Everybody knows somebody that you have met, or has been where you have been, or wants to know what its like at somewhere you have been already, and so on. We pass many a happy hour over a beer or a bottle sharing canal/boat chats.

Our route included stops at Moissac, Buzet, Villeton, Mas d’Argenais, Meilhan and Fontet. We are now sitting at Castet en Dorthe, at the very end of the canal, and contemplating the next step back onto the mighty Garonne which gave us such a hard time on the way up!!! The weather has been varying between blazing hot and heavy rain – this has meant that the rivers have been in flood, but have settled down a bit now [hopefully] – we’ll see what tomorrow brings!?!