The morning was cool but sunny, so while Rita went into Golfech in search of bread, I tried starting the generator after starting the main engine. This time, it didn’t work, so my enthusiasm from yesterday was dampened somewhat. But since we had been on shorepower overnight, the batteries were fully charged so there was no great problem for the moment. But I don’t know how long we can continue to find shorepower as we head west. When Rita returned, she reported that the boulangerie was closed for summer! I guess they were a ma and pa business, and they had to take holidays themselves sometime, and when better than August!

So we left Golfech at 1000h, in the hope of getting a few km under our belts today.

As we passed Lamagistère, we thought we saw a familiar barge ahead, and it turned out to be Anna, but Marc and Anne were not aboard. This looked like their long-term mooring, now that the derelict boat tied to the mooring had been removed.

Just slightly downstream of Anna, we noticed a lot of construction going on in a field on the right of the canal. So far, there were lots of metal stakes about one metre high, and we figured they may be part of supports for a solar farm. We’ll see in the years to come, but it would be a nice complement to the nearby nuclear power plant.

We continued on to Agen, and as feared/expected there was no space in the main Agen Basin, with a couple of big boats and many widely spaced small boats and “boxes" taking up all the space. We were not wanting to stop on this occasion, but were checking it out for when we return to pick up Craig and Ginger on September 11. So luckily, we had already taken some photos of alternative moorings in east Agen, just east of the Basin and just west of the Basin, all of which had space available. We’ll play it by ear when we arrive in September.

Agen East (near a small park and a road)

Just east of the Main Basin (with Rovi currently moored there, but plenty of other bollards)

West of the Basin in the “commercial” moorings (not pretty but closest to the Rail Station).

We headed over the Agen Aqueduct and down the 4 locks, and could have made a fortune if we were charging people for photos and videos of Kanumbra! The weather deteriorated and we encountered rain near Le Chic, just before the only lock on this entire stretch. But it had cleared before we reached our favourite wild-mooring spot at Phillipot Park, near Feugarolles, at 1800hr.

After 8 hours at the wheel, I had a well-deserved beer on the rear deck, before we had dinner and an early night.