Made the dentist in plenty of time and another 40 minutes or so later saw Crew emerging with a big smile! Hurrah!
Back to the Marina, passing by the Capitainerie to say 'goodbye' to Sandy and Jim. Then back on board to prepare to leave port. The locks on the Garonne are nice and easy, even going up and we got secured in the lock just after noon. All going well, then..........a squeak from Crew! The crown had fallen out again! To push on or go back?? Crew said she thought it best to carry on and try and find another dentist en route, otherwise we will never get anywhere!
We arrived in Castelsarrassin just before 2 o'clock and moored stern to just outside the Capitainerie. Skip went to pay our dues and enquire about local dentists - (seems to be our mission so far!). The young lady didn't know of any in Castelsarrassin but knew of a couple in Montech, one near the Capitainerie, which is her dentist. So my Anniversary will be a non- laughing one and we will press on to Montech tomorrow.
It had been a very warm, thirst making days' cruising , so to our delight a new addition to Castelsarrassins' amenities was a converted bus, made into a snack bar/ bar so we ambled over for a cool beer!
A bottle of Cremant d'Alsace was opened to mark our 42 years around six o'clock.
So......on to the Anniversary dinner. We made for the only restaurant we knew of in Castelsarrassin, Le Patio - very acceptable, except that, on a Wednesday night, it was closed! So we wandered around the town, looking for somewhere to eat. A strange town, Castelsarrassin - it's a sizeable place but, as far as we can see, not a single bar in town......the restaurants are few and far between too! So the only place we found open was a Pizzeria - coo......thought we were in France!! It's that or back to the boat and cobble something together! We decided on Pizza. When asking for a pichet of white wine, we were told only rose or red was available, so opted for a Ricard each as an aperitif ( trying to pretend we were 'fine dining'). Then ordered a pichet of red to go with our pizzas! The pizzas were passable, as was the red wine. Beside us were four men getting rather merry - three locals and a Madagascan! Oddly, the only one who spoke any English was the Madagascan........normally Crew doesn't have too
much of a problem understanding French but the local dialect is rather strong, not to say a little difficult to understand due to their inebriation! It livened up the evening anyway!
Back to Aphrodite for digestifs and bed.
8 km. 7 locks 2 hours
It had been a very warm, thirst making days' cruising , so to our delight a new addition to Castelsarrassins' amenities was a converted bus, made into a snack bar/ bar so we ambled over for a cool beer!
A bottle of Cremant d'Alsace was opened to mark our 42 years around six o'clock.
So......on to the Anniversary dinner. We made for the only restaurant we knew of in Castelsarrassin, Le Patio - very acceptable, except that, on a Wednesday night, it was closed! So we wandered around the town, looking for somewhere to eat. A strange town, Castelsarrassin - it's a sizeable place but, as far as we can see, not a single bar in town......the restaurants are few and far between too! So the only place we found open was a Pizzeria - coo......thought we were in France!! It's that or back to the boat and cobble something together! We decided on Pizza. When asking for a pichet of white wine, we were told only rose or red was available, so opted for a Ricard each as an aperitif ( trying to pretend we were 'fine dining'). Then ordered a pichet of red to go with our pizzas! The pizzas were passable, as was the red wine. Beside us were four men getting rather merry - three locals and a Madagascan! Oddly, the only one who spoke any English was the Madagascan........normally Crew doesn't have too
much of a problem understanding French but the local dialect is rather strong, not to say a little difficult to understand due to their inebriation! It livened up the evening anyway!
Back to Aphrodite for digestifs and bed.
8 km. 7 locks 2 hours
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