Red Lights and Phone Numbers
This was written half way through last year. Not sure how it never appeared and here we are almost ready to begin a new season. Looking forward to a great summer ahead. This year we may head back up the Rhone - who knows? Two red lights - cue sighs, groans or worse. One red means hang about for a few minutes; relax while we get things ready for you. But two. Two means STOP. Something's 'en panne' (broken down) and it might be a while. STOP complaining and tie up. STOP your engine. Settle down and send someone ashore who speaks a modicum of French to find out what's gone wrong and if necessary, send for help. That would be me then. If the red light happens to be at the upstream end of the magnificent Agen Aqueduct then there's also a 523m trek to the intercom located at the lock. So, ignoring the no cycling sign I set off along the tow path across the aqueduct - a bit of a white knuckle ride for me. I'm a wobbly rider at the best of times and the tow...