Alive and Afloat

29 Jun, 2010 | Canal du Midi, France

We are now in Beziers, incredibly hot and i am joined by a flurry of huge dragonflies as I write. Across the canal is a floating beauty salon in an old peniche – I don’t think I have had a shower recently enough to risk any treatments. The town and old...

A string of storms, and sunshine

19 Jun, 2010 | Canal du Midi, France

We have been under the lowest bridges and through the crowdedest locks so far. I thought the weather had finally changed to summer on Simon’s birthday which started out with glorious sunshine as we left Trebes – a particularly pretty village. We parked...

Castelnaudary to Carcasonne

15 Jun, 2010 | Canal du Midi, France

We are well and truly on the canal now and arrived in Carcasonne yesterday. After a chilly walk in the ancient city we scuttled back to the boat to escape torrential rain. By 4.00 p.m. it was dark with no sign of clearing so I curled up in a blanket with my book and...

Arrival at Castelnaudary

8 Jun, 2010 | Canal du Midi, France

By the canal St. Martin, in Paris, with Gillian. A welcome rest before the final train ride to Castelnaudary. We managed to get on the train in the wrong direction from the airport and would have ended up in Lille if we hadn’t realised and leapt off at Arras to...