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| River Dordogne |
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| Camperstop at Bonneval |
Our journey down through France continues taking the slower D roads rather than the busy (and expensive) motorways. It's lovely to have the time to take a leisurely route south and enjoy the towns and villages rather than having to rush to your destination. From Albert we skirted Paris and had an overnight stop in a pretty town of Bonneval before heading on to one of our favourite campsites located in central France - Le Bonhomme.
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| Happy hour with Frank & Wil |
Frank and Wil, its Dutch owners make you very welcome, the facilities are excellent and the site itself is lovely with views across the surrounding countryside.
We also enjoy the daily Happy Hour at 5pm where all the campers meet up for a drink, most of them are Dutch but they speak good English and are very friendly, it all goes to make the ambience of the site very relaxed.
We also love the cycling in the area, the gently undulating countryside with lanes so quiet with hardly any traffic. Unfortunately we were a bit restricted due to a heatwave - cycling long distances in 35° heat is no fun!
Our next destination on our route south was an Aire in the Dordogne at Carsac-Aillac, a pretty little village and yes you guessed it's right on a Voie Verte disused railway cycle path!
We stayed three nights and visited Sarlat Le Caneda where Keith encountered a very unhelpful and rude Frenchman in a cycle shop. Tell me why don't the French like the English?
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| Medieval fortified entrance to the town of Domme |
We also visited Domme - a Bastide town built on a hillside with spectacular views from an open area behind the church. It was a hilly ride but well worth it.
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| The view from Domme |
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| After the long climb up to Domme I think we deserved a treat... |
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| What a view!! |
We had a most enjoyable few days in the Dordogne and will definitely return sometime soon, there is so much to see, but for us now our journey towards Spain continues
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