Can't believe that we felt chilly when we got up this morning! That's a first. So I decided to leave my husband of 50 years and take my armchair up campsite to the first rays of sun coming over the hilltops. I did come back after getting nicely roasted though! The warmth picked up from then on, so that by the time we'd walked the mile to the bottom of Cordes-sur-Ciel, we were very happy to ride up to the old town on the land train.
As soon as were through the first ancient gateway, I recognised that we had definitely been here before. Soon we reached the open 'halle' all set out for lunch - yes, that's where we ate then! We need to hunt out the diaries when we get home, because we can't remember when - it must have been BNZ (before blogs 2006). Anyway, we had lunch there again at the Auberge de la Halle - crepes for dessert.
Such a delightful place to re-visit. We now think we like it more than Carcassonne. The buildings date back from 13C and are amazing.
Tuesday 22nd August
After another very warm night and waking up a few times, we eventually slept on till nearly 9 o'clock! Our Dutch neighbours were beginning to worry about us ...
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| The huge pitch we were leaving |
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| and leaving the campsite |
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| and leaving Cordes-sur-Ciel |
All was fine till the last hurdle, the village on the south side of the Lot, where the "route" was "barree"d! This happens quite often on French roads. John had to make a very tight right-hander down a very narrow, steep lane with overhanging rocks to get us back on track!
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| Our first view of the Lot |
The temperature reached around 34 deg. this afternoon, so we settled on another huge pitch with plenty of shade and spent a bit of time in and by the pool (photo tomorrow).
We are promised(?) another scorcher tomorrow.
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ReplyDeleteLovely to see the pictures of Cordes Sur Ciel, which we visited in 2012( just tracked down our photos!). We didn't go for a meal but I still have the Provencal pottery salad bowl we bought from one of those tempting gift shops!
No such Provencal weather here in Horsham though it has been sunny today. Holiday Club this morning, followed by tackling the front garden which was seriously in need of a trim!
We had a good holiday in Carmarthenshire with the family, some sun every day, lots of castles and some cliff climbing( Tilly has clearly inherited her Cornish grandad's walking genes!) We even found some architecture for Alastair ( the glass dome at the National Botanic Gardens, Wales, shame it was by Foster + Partners!) Alastair is definitely favourite Uncle, which Andy is not too sorry about, having observed it was ' quite tiring' being at Tilly's constant command! She is definitely a proper little bossy Miss!
Off to Kingston tomorrow with Andy to buy him a suit for starting work, will report back if we track down something that fits on the arms and legs but doesn't swamp him round the middle! It could be stressful!
Hope you carry on enjoying the weather and don't encounter any more barred routes or deviations ( and watch out for gendarmes hiding in the bushes with their speed guns!)
See you soon