Over recent years on any holiday I (Joe) have tried to incorporate a little boat trip. This could be in a canoe, a self-drive hire or tourist pleasure cruise. This has been quite successful, even managing a rowing boat ride in a salt lake at the bottom of a salt mine in Romania on a… Continue reading Boats and locks

Cahors is known (locally at least) for its annual blues festival in July which had to be cancelled this year due to Covid-19. Despite this, the town has organised weekly music evenings each Thursday throughout July and August. The main road in the centre of town is closed to traffic and stages are set up… Continue reading Summer in Cahors

We’re keeping up with our thrice-weekly exercise sessions of running/cycling and our route along the river at Cahors is an inspiring one. Claire’s run takes her along the river on the opposite bank to the old town and along to the lock by the apartment where we stayed last year. We need to be out… Continue reading A bike ride to Douelle

So a change of location at the weekend as we packed up at Anglars-Juillac and made our way east along the Lot river to Cahors, about 25 miles away. We were very sorry to say goodbye to such a stunning campsite and knew our next stop would be very different. The new campsite at Cahors… Continue reading Moving on to Cahors

We haven’t mentioned the important French public holiday this week – Bastille Day on 14th July. Celebrations were obviously more muted this year due to Covid-19 but most villages seemed to be marking it in some way. We were in the local village of Prayssac at lunchtime and a band was playing in the village… Continue reading Final few days at Anglars-Juillac

We’ve enjoyed cycling through the vineyards over the last few days, following smaller roads to see where they lead, and admiring the soft gold stone buildings in this area. At many crossroads there are beautiful crosses – they may been way markers for pilgrims or guardians for the vines. In the commune where the campsite… Continue reading Wine – well we are in France

Sunday. A brocante (flea market/ boot sale) is advertised in Puy-l’Evêque a riverside town about a 12km cycle ride away so we decide to make that the focus for a visit. It’s a beautiful and renowned town that was once an important port on the river for transporting wine to Bordeaux. It’s known to us… Continue reading Sunday Flea Market

This is our motorcycle. Over the last three years it has carried us on various adventures through France (including Corsica) and Germany before we had our camper van. It has also taken me, in the company of my fellow biker Andy, further afield to Romania via Austria, Hungary and Slovenia. It has a one litre,… Continue reading Another in an occasional series – Wulf

Thursday. The day is set to be a scorcher and we decide to head off on the motorbike to explore further to the west of the Lot. Our first waypoint is Villeneuve sur Lot, about 60 kms to the west of our campsite. Satnav takes us on a scenic route, mostly good but more about… Continue reading Venturing further west