Le Manoir de la Fabregues
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A Time Capsule
What an amazing place! We have spent 4 nights here, using this village as a base to tour the Lot Valley region. Imagine, driving through the forest and then coming around a bend in the road and finding this village precariously perched on a steep hillside. It really is "miles from anywhere". Nearly every house is at least 300 years old but some are much older. The Abbey Church, the centrepiece of ...
Scratched in the Face
... Still salty about this....but I put this aside to try and be friends. This did not go well because as soon as I tried to say hello she tried to scratch my face and climb over me. I tried to do a head bob to show her I'm friendly...and to be honest I think she is mildly cute. But she didn't respond well. ...
Aire on the quiet side
Sun 2 Sept Boyne - Sauveterre-de-Rouergue
Quiet night back on the same campsite and same old codger hovering with intent. We picked out an easier walk in the gorge just the other side of Millau, near the famous viaduc de Millau (the highest in Europe?). It was meant to be a short 7 kms stroll to visit a series of caselles, stone built shepherd huts set on the causses. The starting village, Compregnac, was very pretty, but roadworks meant the ...
St Cyprien Markets
... used in centuries. During the 7 km trip, we listened, in English, to a commentary abut the local history and customs which helped shape the cultural identity of the river, valley and local inhabitants.
We had lunch in a terrace restaurant, overlooking the river and the many people out on the river enjoying canoes and kayaks. We went to Sarlat in the afternoon, which l will put on a new blog ...
We don't like the wine!
... it at home tomorrow. Nothing special about either, but the drive was lovely along tree lined avenues - they were crying out for a man on a bike with a striped top, a beret and a string of onions around his neck! We have a new game of spot the Pigeonniers. They are large decorative pigeon houses that stand on stilts - to stop predators - that rich families built in the middle ages as pigeon was a luxury food - both the meat and the eggs. The more elaborate ...