It was hard to tear ourselves away from Nerac with its flowers, beautiful views and soaring swallows. However after the usual breakfast of fruit and fresh croissants we set off upstream for Condom. It was a cooler morning with rain and wind forecast but we must have outrun it as the sun came out for us prior to lunch and it soon became very hot again. The river in this part is very narrow and often the trees met over head which made it very picturesque. A brief s...

This town is so pretty and there is quite a lot to see so we decided to leave the boat tied up here and go for a wander today, stay the night and head off tomorrow. The cost to stay in the port is €10 a night for the boat and for that we get power, water and free showers on the quay. Not bad at all! We went through Henri lV's chateaux which is now a museum, looked at the magnificent Church of St Nicolas and now we are sitting outside Henri lV's tavern in 24...