Day 67 – Levignac-de-Guyenne to Lagruere

Saturday July 9, 2011, 44 km (27 miles) – Total so far: 2,466 km (1,533 miles)

It was a late start leaving Bryan and Lynnes place, firstly ‘cos it was raining, and secondly ‘cos it was so darn comfortable there we didn’t really want to leave!

Lynne made us a delicious lunch of melon, jambon and mint pesto, plus bread and a selection of cheeses. At 3.30pm we finally got packed, the sun was out and we left in search of Canal du Midi.

After seeing Bryan and Lynnes barn conversion, we are now both inspired to find a dooer-upper in France. Bryan told us about a large house beside the canal for only 40,000 euros, so we stopped and had a look at it. It would be perfect to convert to a backpackers (another one of my “to do” things one day). It also had a little shop at the front – perfect for a cafe or bike shop. Sadly it had been sold 2 months earlier. On the positive side, the man next door to it said it would have taken 300,000 euros to do up. So that saved us a small fortune!

We continued on the Canal du Midi until we found a campsite right beside the river. It made a nice change from the ghastly resort campsites along the coast. It was only 10 euros to camp and not full of motorhomes!

We had a quiet night sleep, only to be woken by heavy rain during the night. darn!