Canal Du Midi

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July 7th 2008

Published: July 31st 2008

Canal Du Midi Carmen directed us to the Europcar office at the railway station in Montpellier and told us where to go, but it was a one way street. We could see where to drive to but couldn’t get across to it. Di finally got out and asked questions and we followed those directions which brought us back to the same place and then we saw the narrow entrance by some rocks. We finally got in, chec... Read Full Entry

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L'Aguille lock sign

Win and Jan having pate de foie gras ( canard) and wine on board but almost in a vineyard

Our canal passed over the top of this stream

Walking and cycling track by the canal passes over a river

Four in together in one lock

Win on our boat (front right of the lock) and John Thompson in the back left

Win wine tasting in Chateau de Ventenac, Minervois

Capybara(?) eating a fig

The rodent was under a fig tree. We picked some ripe figs to take back to the boat but they must have been a wild variety as they tasted awful. The animal might have been a variety of Capybara (This appears to have a tail whereas the Capybara does not), which is a South American relative of the beaver. I have read in another blog that;"It is smaller than a beaver, does not have a "paddle" tail nor does it build dams. Indeed it looks very similar to a water rat".

The animal swimming away

Win Di and Helen saw them swimming in the evenig and they made a noise like muted and strained cow's "Moooo" You can see it has a rat like tail unlike a beaver's. When Win saw it swimming in the evening he thought it was an otter as it swam up to him inquisitively.

Another time when the Canal du Midi crossed over a river

Twilight along the canal

Dinah at the wheel

Helen and Dinah both had a turn a driving but we really left all the driving in Win's capable hands. Rodger had done all the car driving before so we gave him a rest.