We decided to leave the Lot river yesterday. When you go back on the Garonne River, the flow is quite strong, so a small tug gives you a bit of a hand. They let us into the lock, lowered us down to river level and opened the lock doors... and then told us we were too big for their little tug and they would have to get another one, so we couldn't leave until tomorrow. They closed the lock doors, we were raised up and Peter backed out of the lock, gently turned around in the small canal and we headed back to the previous port. In the afternoon, a larger tug pulled alongside and said they would get us out in the morning.
This morning, we repeated the exercise of going into the lock, lowered to river level, and then the big tug hooked us up with a small 'pusher tug' hovering from side to side. Out into the river our little 'boat caravan' went. All quite interesting. We had no problems, but we couldn't have gone through the narrows and the shallows without the tug pulling us and Peter on full power.
Now we are back in a quieter river called 'The Baise' and we are headed for the town of, wait for it, Condom.
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