Disaster day

I obviously spoke too soon, shortly after posting the last message Jeremy arrived saying that the thunderstorm had broken his tent And it was torn and leaking. Being in a small town there was no possibility of finding camping equipment nearby snd we were forced to consider the possibility of going to the nearby town of Langon or one further afield such as Bordeaux.
Unfortunately, even Langon had no camping stores worth anything so we had to go to bordeaux by train. Jeremy and i hitch-hiked individually with him going first and me following on. Both of us had shouts of derision from several drivers and we noticed a preponderance of national front propaganda on the various billboards that we passed. It seems as if the south of france, like the south of america is a region for extremists.
Arriving in bordeaux we went to the decathlon stores that i went to last week but unfortunately they were out of stock for all of the items that we wanted. Locating another store in town we managed to buy a tent but it wasn't the super light job that jeremy needed and he had to settle for one that weighed three kilograms. We also decided that as jeremy's rucksack was not particularly good I would buy a new rucksack for myself And give him the very heavy army sack of that i have. My bag on its own weighs five kilos which is a significant amount to carry, especially if it's just dead weight.
All that being complete we took the train back to Langon. I had been very uncomfortable with a back ache all day, And going to the toilet on the train i was horrified to see that i was pissing blood. I know that i have a 2 millimetre kidney stone In my right kidney But i am afraid that dehydration due to walking and not drinking enough plus the added stress of considerable weight loss may have caused it to become larger or i may just have passed the stone yesterday.
Today, my urine seems discolored but not red so i rather hope that the condition may go away. I don't want to rush for the nearest hospital and possibly cancel the trip.
Also today, we didn't walk very far because rearranging the bags as maids jeremy's one very much heavier and so there were many stops and re adjustments.
We camped last night beside the canal du midi on the Garonne river crossing by a trestle bridge just before dark. The river seems to be partially tidal as the level went up and down during the night and it was about 200 feet wide green and very greasy just like the limpopo.