We woke to another problem this morning, a boat alarm sounded when we started the engine, we waited until 9.00 to ring the office and a short while later a rather handsome young mechanic turned up. It turns out that the constant holding in the lock yesterday evening saw us suck some objects into the engine pipes and we have a blockage. He tried to fix it but needed an impellar. He returned with another mechanic, fixed one problem and found another. So here we sit, it seems we may not get away for an hour or two yet and it is already 10.30am.
While we were waiting Di and Leonie rode into Trebes, a village about 3k away and bought some fresh baguettes and quiche.
We motored off at 1230 but had to stop in Trebes a few Km downstream to replace an engine pipe. Another hour and half lost. All this wouldn't have mattered if we had not been on a short time schedule and so we now have no time to visit the little villages along the way. I am pretty annoyed about that.
Our bad-lock-day continued with another unattended lock and fairly uncaring man who eventally turned up and took all the time he liked to let us through. We eventually tied for the night in La Redorte, wet, cold and unimpressed. Our night did not improve things with the strong winds constantly bumping us against the dock.
Today, 13 locks and 22km
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