On Saturday we left the campsite at Cahors. We really enjoyed our time there and particularly enjoyed having the time to explore the town at a leisurely pace as well as using it as a base to travel further afield. We’ve moved east along the Lot river to a campsite on the river below the… Continue reading Moving on….
Last few days in Cahors
This has been our last week at the Cahors campsite, although we won’t be very far away when we move along the river. We wandered into town again for market day (where face masks are now obligatory rather than optional) and another vide-grenier/brocante in the centre of town. There seem to be a regular group… Continue reading Last few days in Cahors
Travels with a donkey in the Lot
We’ve joked in the past about having a donkey if we ever had land and the fact that you can apparently buy them for half the price of a ‘fashionable’ dog. When we were walking one day by the river we saw a family with a donkey and also saw one with some walkers on… Continue reading Travels with a donkey in the Lot
Walter Presents – The case of the neglected courgettes
As we were going to spend some months in France, we thought we would try and get our ears better attuned to French before setting off and, with this in mind, we started to watch several of the Channel 4 ‘Walter Presents’ french language series. Two of the series we enjoyed featured a bearded detective… Continue reading Walter Presents – The case of the neglected courgettes
Managing the heat
We read it’s been hot in the UK this week and the temperature here has touched 40C (and above) on about 3 days. It’s great having such good weather but getting some respite from the heat when you’re living under canvas becomes a challenge and a priority, not that we have to rush anywhere so… Continue reading Managing the heat
Boats and locks
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
Summer in Cahors
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
French vocabulary of the day – ‘Ce n’est pas trop catastrophique’
We left the UK before the reopening of hairdressers in the UK, a sacrifice that I was prepared to make despite not having had a haircut since mid-March. Since then I have relied on the services of ‘Chez Julian’, aka Joe, and between us, and with the aid of a YouTube video, we’ve managed to… Continue reading French vocabulary of the day – ‘Ce n’est pas trop catastrophique’
A bike ride to Douelle
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
Moving on to Cahors
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