A few days of magnificent weather before predicted rain, sent
us out with our new visitors Steve and Cathy, to make the most of the
weather. All wrapped up, we made a short
stroll in the sun up to Pardaillon, our nearest village.
The next day we woke up to a heavy frost and minus 5° but we
were determined to get out again. There
are a number of marked walks in the area so we chose one of these around Loubès-Bernac
where we knew these was a Bar/Restaurant
incase the chill set in. On the way, we passed a fairly remote building
all shuttered up but advertising bread “cooked on a wood fire”. Upon investigation and per the note pinned to
the door, we decided they were open so we peered in and gingerly stepped
inside. In the gloom we found four
loaves and some rolls propped up on a table together with a weighing machine
which calculated the cost of each loaf. How
quaint and totally unlike anything one would see in the UK. We left our money for the loaf we had chosen
and shut the door again seeing no-one else all the time we were there. The loaf was very good by the way!
Church in Loubès-Bernac |
The walk we had chosen wasn’t very long but had superb views
and many old windmills along the route.
We even found a grand log of wood along the path perfect for our woodburning
stove - Cathy and I took turns in carrying it.
Once we arrived back in the village Les offered to put the log back in
the car while we strolled around to check out the Lavoir and other village relics. The one pictured below, which we had guessed
to be either a well or a horse-shoeing contraption turned out to be a bullock
castrating machine !!! ….ouch.
As it was now lunchtime we decided to go into the restaurant
“Chez Nelly” for the set menu joining
around 16 workmen who were already ensconced around a large table and on their
second course. After a lovely four
course meal with wine we staggered to the car only to find that our pilfered log had
again been pilfered by someone else – what a cheek!
In the evening we had a great time singing Christmas Carols in both French and English in the square in Eymet, and yes...... the free mulled wine was much appreciated. What a lovely day, I don’t think we could have fitted any more in, collapsing at home at around 8.30pm.
Nursing a bad cold, I logged onto your blog. What a glorious time you're having. I love all the photographs especially the Dec ones.
ReplyDeleteWill look out for your blogs from now on. Bon Natale Luci x
Happy New Year to you Luci. Hope you are well soon. Jean x
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