Barbaste, France
We had been warned by fellow boaters that the river was low ahead of us and that a couple of boats had run aground. We needn't have worried though as when we woke the river had risen about 30cm or so probably due to rain further upstream somewhere which probably explains it's colour. We headed off after our usual breakfast of fresh croissants stopping a few kilometres away at the town of Lavardac. This town was once the hub of the barge transport industry as the ...