Our first rainy day – but only a light drizzle so not enough to spoil the ride. We are lucky though as apparently Bordeaux has been hit with major hailstorms since our departure. We tried a different route back to the canal and predictably got a little off track. The drizzle added to the gloom but once we got to the canal we just zoomed along – and the sun obligingly emerged. We stopped for a quick snack at the ‘Halte Nautique’ at Meilhan la Garonne and had a couple of mulberries for desser
t from the trees growing in the picnic area.We made a few detours – into Mas d’Agen for coffee (a very pretty little town with a delightful market square) and Damazan where we ate lunch (12e for a very good 3 course meal).
We did it again, getting to our destination a couple of hours early. This time we met with a less warm welcome – sent packing till 16h30! Wet left our bags and set off to look around Port Ste Marie, which had a very pretty old centre but appeared to be closed. In fact much of this part of France appears to be closed much of the time. Not the season yet of course.
The B an
d B was functional but not in the same class as last night and the food was not great tough duck and watery tinned peas. Pleasant company though, as there were another 3 or 4 couples staying so lots of chat over dinner and breakfast.Mileage to date 489 km
