We were woken by the sound of chain saws and chippers, as workmen cleaned up the overnight storm damage along the canal - lots of branches and some trees down. There was also no internet reception, and we learned, from Daisy who had left their moorings early, that the first lock had electrical damage due to last night’s lightning (the lock was close to where we saw the lightning strike last night).

So we sat back and relaxed and eventually made a 1045h departure, after Dilligaf had gone. As we motored along, we noticed that the 240v electricals were not working even though the inverter light on the control panel was ON. Since the toilet now worked off 240v AC, rather than the original 24v DC circuit, this could be serious. But we resolved not to go to the toilet until we got to Agen, where maybe something could be sorted out.

Along the way, we had a couple of rain storms and we passed Dilligaf at Mouynes and Daisy at Boe (even though Boe Port was mostly shut due to major renovations). Looks like they are converting Boe from finger pontoon moorings to parallel to the dock moorings. We continued on and eventually moored in Agen Basin, next to the pontoon, and where Rovi had moored with us last year.

As soon as we tied up, Rita was off to do a bit of shopping, and hope to find a public toilet, while I was down the engine room hatch to see if I could do anything about the 240v electrics. Luckily I found another inverter switch on the inverter box (in addition to the switch on the salon control panel) that was in the “Off” position, and switching it to “On" restored the 240V power. Phew, now we can go to the toilet! I presume Iain may not have switched this on after de-winterising this year, because it was going to be a while before we arrived in Moissac. A good lesson not to trust the indicators on the main control panel.

As evening arrived, we sat down to a trout dinner on the rear deck, gazing across the Basin as more rain clouds rolled in.