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<\/a><\/p>\nMorning started early. Blech. Once we were up and about, we pumped up some tires, unloaded the bikes and headed off. About a hundred yards in Leslie started the excitement by taking a header by trying to do too many things at once whilst going down a hill; a few scrapes and gouges resulted but overall everything was good. <\/p>\n
Auvillar was beautiful, perched up on a hill overlooking the valley and river. You could see the reactor at Golftech and the church towers of the surrounding towns: quite the contrast. The church was once a Benedictine abbey dating from the 12 century and it had quite a few of it’s original bits left. Once again the simplicity and grandeur mixed together to create something so much larger than us. Leslie said that most art and architecture these days is humanist and human centric; these old churches are anything but. <\/p>\n
Auvillar was full of friendly cats so everyone got their kitty fix. C unfortunately tried to smuggle one out of town, but we got her straightened out. We also took in the view and checked out an art gallery before stocking up on wine and heading back. The 6 kilometres went faster since there was no uphill. <\/p>\n
Back at the boat, we fired her up almost exactly at noon and slipped away. Lunch was French bread and jam on the run. There were only three locks on the leg to Agen so things went smoothly. We passed through some pretty hilly terrain and some gorgeous countryside. The last bit was more industrial but still fairly pretty. We decided to finish in the city and backed into our slip at the Locaboat base almost exactly 4. We filled up with water, had a cool shower and are about to head off to find a nice traditional dinner.<\/p>\n
Wifi is again iffy so I might post this early. <\/p>\n