A Relaxing Doddle Day.
Today, we woke up and motored the last two kilometers to the last lock of the trip, the qaudruple lock into Castelnaudary. And it turned out to be pretty easy. Annie and Clare both stayed off the boat (after the first lock) and walked the bow and stern lines ...
It's early Thursday morning and Jim and Christine are heading off to the train station to catch a ride to Toulouse Airport and Greece.
We have the most locks to handle in one day for this whole trip and I'm concerned we will struggle. I was wrong. We did ...
Last day with Jim and Christine, but we didn't see them that much which was a shame. Jim decided to stay on the boat, I think he was catching up on work, while Clare, Annie, Christine and I went to look at the old fortified city and castle of Carcassone. Once we got there, Christine decided to go off on her own.
A short trip into Carcassonne with only 7 locks. With yesterdays trip much longer than planned, that is, we stayed overnight at Trebes, todays trip was quite short and we ended up in Carcassonne by lunch and had a prime mooring spot just outside the docks facility building of showers, laundry and toilets, as can be ...
Oh my goodness; it's so humid!
Yes, super humid. The worst of the trip. It was so close, the cloud was on the ground and it felt like it was constantly drizzling, but it wasn't. The temperature was in the low 20's, so that was alright, but because of the humidity and dampness it was unbearable (for me ...
Dull, dull day; she is not a sunny day at all. Oh well.
Took off reasonably early and had a breakfast that was typical for the rest of the boat journey, which was Coffee, Croissants & Pain u Chocolait, which we ate as we sail along.
Immediately, we ventured under the lowest bridge on the ...
