Yesterday we left Toulouse & the Midi & are
now on the Garrone canal.
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| Garonne Canal |
We enjoyed our 5 Days stay in
Toulouse. It is a city full of high rise apartment buildings. The
port, which is very pleasant & well run is in the city centre. There were
interesting shops & all the buildings which we saw looked well cared for.
There is a large park near the Port. On sunday we went to a big market. We
bought some catalanise olives which Barry says are the nicest olives he
has ever tasted.
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| Toulouse. |
As we neared the 8th lock on the Garonne we lost
our throttle control. As a result we did not have enough power to either steer
or reverse. We have found a person who can get us a new throttle cable. Maybe
tomorrow it will arrive in Toulouse. Meanwhile we are securely tied up with the
main railway line 25 M from Cezanne. It is not so bad as there are very
few trains during the night.
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| location of where we are stranded with no throttle, train line is behind the trees... |
close to a castelnau-d'Estretefonds which looks like it might be worth a look... a little village just nearby, with population 5000 and a castle.
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