Le Manoir De Bellerive
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THE PAST TEN DAYS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE…
... 22- Early start to drive north to visit famous two caves containing pre-historic cave art. (No pics in caves. :-) Absolutely surreal to think about while looking at these fantastic drawings. Also visited several small towns recommended in the area- Domme, Sarlat- just too many to visit them all. Two unexpected occurrences- Dinosaur skeleton in farmer’s field (reproduction?) ...
Dordogne - Bastides, chateaux and walnuts
... in places like this. The villages are amazingly well kept for the most part, considering their age. I walked down into the village a little way, There are people living there. Goodness knows what they do. I would have walked further but the road was very steep and I knew it would be tough going returning, which it was.
5 kms up the road led to 'Les Milandes'. This was a chateau which had been bought by Josephine Baker, the American who sang in ...
The Valley of Wines
... church bells ringing out across the town.
After a couple of Leffe Ruby beers and a steak we walked back to the hotel. I couldn't manage the blog, I was exhausted, so decided I would do it today instead.
I am sure other than a couple of people in the HOG, this is just disappearing into the www and not being read, but I am enjoying writing it....so will continue on
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Everywhere we look, a bloody castle!
... the other: all in together. Even at a road house on the freeway when the queue at the ladies was too long, straight in to the men's they went. Nobody batted an eyelid. Some of the little villages around here are just like Rocamadour, built into the cliff face but on a smaller scale and with a big river at the bottom. We are now of to visit one of these towns called La Roc Gageac and have a look around. Having problems with photos again will try to add when we ...
Prehistoric Cave Paintings
... that they were working with primitive materials and without flashlights. There were efficient too - re-using curves from one animal for another, superimposing their drawings.
There were only 5 of us for the 2:15 tour at Fort de Combarelles. These engravings were incredibly detailed, but without colour as water has washed away the paint over time. The variety of animals seemed greater here: wooly rhino, mammoth, ...
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