We had thought a 30km run with 14 locks might be possible, but after getting behind a very slow barge at the first lock (and also picking up a remote control, and canal guide in English) we persevered for 9 km and 4 locks and decided to stop for 2 hours at a shady picnic table. A change of plan and overnight at Orconte, after a mere 13 km and 6 locks, but at least the stop has a shower and electricity, although no drinking water, and a boulangerie for the morning.
The locks now are more challenging with the vertical rise all being over 3m. Gone are the inset poles which allow mooring lines to slide up as they fill. Instead they tend to have bollards about 20m apart (Jacana is 10.7m). So we have developed a technique where we reach up with a long boat hook and loop a long stern line over the rear bollard as we pass it entering the lock, then coast forward to loop the bow line over the front bollard and then centralise ourselves before activating the switch to fill the lock. As the lock fills and we, often violently, rise we constantly adjust the bow and stern lines to keep them fairly tight. The slight complication is that the distance between the bollards varies and on more than one occasion we've had to let out more stern line to allow us to reach the bow bollard. Also all the locks so far have all filled to a few cm of the top, so as well as constantly adjusting the lines, the fenders also need lowering. All in all locks can be a bit of a drain in the heat.
