Einville-au-Jard to Lagarde

18 kms, 5 locks

At last a shorter day today.  We left Einville at 9.00 and arrived at Lagarde at 12.15.

It was a lovely sunny day, cold as usual in the early morning but it soon warmed up.  

Sunshine!

Quaint villages

Open fields

Lots of curves

Not sure but I think this is a garden shed - with a propeller

This is a beautiful area and very popular with charter boats, in fact there are 2 charter companies based at Lagarde and we saw 6 charter boats on the move.  Long weekend?  Perfect time to spend a few days on the canals.

Charter boats waiting for the lock

There is rain forecast for next week and we saw a lot of activity on the fields, farmers getting in the silage for next winter while the weather holds.

And here we are at Lagarde marina - second from the left

We rushed to get here, traveling for many hours each day, to meet up with Lynn and Shaun, Ian’s sister and brother-in-law whose boat has over-wintered just 7km from here in Port Saint Marie.  We really didn’t think we could make it after the enforced sojourn while I went to South Africa, but we did.  Hooray!  We will move on there tomorrow afternoon.  They only arrive on Tuesday but Monday is a holiday (1^st May) and the locks are closed.  So this afternoon was a rest period, we watched Qualy for the Russian F1 grand prix, read a little, surfed the net, watched some snooker.  Just chilled.
The marina costs €12/day including water and electricity.