A short hop southward from the Dordogne to the valley of the river Lot we went to stay with our friends Rik and Marie who live in an isolated house near the tiny village of Serignac. Rik and Keith have been friends since the sixties when they worked together on the AA and have kept in touch since then, sometimes meeting up on campsites in France with our VW campervans.
We only stayed two nights but it was long enough for plenty of reminiscing, a trip out in Rik's recently restored 1965 Ford Mustang to the local market where we wandered through the colourful stalls of fruit, vegetables and all sorts of other delicious food, taking in the relaxed ambience of a typical small town weekly market.
We then had coffee in a local cafe, meeting up with some of their friends for a natter.
Living in such an isolated area away from the light pollution of the big towns and cities, at night the sky was filled with a million stars, the constellations so clear, the night so peaceful and quiet but for the occasional squawk of an owl or a rustle in the trees from some little animal scurrying around. Rik said that their garden is often visited by deer and sometimes wild boar, but luckily they stayed away while we were there, I wasn't keen on meeting any wild boar!
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| Skilled work making the perfect crepe |
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