For much of today we could roll alongside the Vienne in a big gear. But the last bit we found ourselves in an area known as le petite suisse. And things got harder!
For every up there was an immediate down and I was in my granny gear for two much of the time.
This very much la France profonde. Off the beaten track, sleepy villages. The land very fertile and the odd lovely chateau ( of the just the right size to dream about ! )
History close to the surface and we came past a church where Mervingian stone coffins were used as the walls of the churchyard. We are talking pre Charlemagne here, around C6 and C7.
Lovely! And yet there is a balance between sleepy and deserted. And there are loads of "to let" signs.
We have now camped at Availles Limousin, right by the Vienne. We are looking anxiously at the weather as le Meteo is predicting some awful stuff, and its just starting to rain !
However Philip has brought beer!
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