A lovely place to stay - contact Jennifer Moss - http://www.bernisson-france.co.uk/
You might be thinking - what with the excitement of my 70th party, the world financial slump and the crisis now enveloping the Euro - that enough was enough for one summer season. But as you know it really isn't all plain sailing. Notification reaches us today - our lovely canal is leaking again and there is going to be an emergency repair just down stream of us. This means that our section (Pound) will be emptied between the two locks, north and south of us.
This time we decide to stick it out, literally, on the bottom. Apparently the pound will be emptied this Monday (31st Oct) We are due to be refloated on the following Thursday - here is a photo of the the same thing which happened last year - you will see a small blue boat in the centre of the left-hand picture, attached to the "floating pontoon" - this is where we will be for about a week - if we're lucky - One year later - 20011 - this is us - for a week.
So we suffer here in the Port of Meilhan, stuck in the mud, for almost a week and on a significant slant to port. But we still have an electricity and water supply and good friends around us.
One of the unexpected benefits of this inconvenienc is the fact that we are able to see the sides of Body and Soul and check whether or not our recent visit to the dry dock in Castelnaudary was successful. Happily we find all the new paint well in tact - phew!
Postscript:
We're safely back on the water and the Canal is full as of 5th November - oops - I forgot - It's Clive's Birthday
Happy birthday Clive
But it really ain't all plain sailing, y'know......