Left our rather nice apartment just after 9 with the threat of a wet day and we weren’t disappointed ! It was soon raining fairly hard. Joined the towpath of the Garonne canal and made good progress Stopped for coffee in Valence d’Agen, Sue and I managed to find bread and fruit for lunch whilst the boys found a cafe - just as we went into the cafe the heavens really opened We ended up having 2 coffees ! Left in light rain but soon hammering down again Saw a group of older walkers in ponchos with boots and long walking sticks Seemed strange to see people out for a Sunday walk along the canal in the pouring rain but have discovered it it part of The Santiago de Compostela Pilgrim Way ! Pressed on to Moissac for lunch and ended up sheltering under a bridge by the lock, joined by a couple of French cyclists. Rain gradually abated in the afternoon - continued to Montauban for the night - a quirky 2 nd floor apartment but very comfortable,2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms - luxury We have Bluetooth speaker in our shower head ! 
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I have linked it to Spotify on my phone
The town is all built from red bricks - very different from the stone we have seen in previous town Steve and Sue shopped and cooked again. Saw a strange feat of engineering - Ponte d’eau- which was a way of lifting boats up a slope in a triangle of water rather than them using 5 locks on the main canal
Closed in 2009 - Steve and Andy were very interested in it
Off through Toulouse and to meet the Canal du Midi
Total miles today 50 miles
Total in all 719 miles 
Apartment in Agen
Sheltering under the bridge for lunch
My bike by River Tarn
Ponte d’eau at Montech
A decidedly soggy day, but he-ho you seem chipper enough.
ReplyDeleteParticularly like the photo of your bike beside the river Tan.Very picturesque.Another one for a frame and a wall.
How do you raise a boat in a triangle of water?
Are you getting tired, or just fitter by the day?
May your legs carry you onward.
JG.