The Lot Valley

We headed south from Rocamadour using D roads until we ran into the D653. Here, we turned left at Vefs and headed up the beautiful Lot valley. High in the hills above the valley we visited St-Cirq-Lapopie, a not to be missed village for anyone travelling in the area. The sun was streaming and it was a magnificent view across the valley

The church proved well worth a visit and we spent a couple of hours walking around the steep streets admiring the houses.

Taking to the road again, we thoroughly enjoyed the route up through the Lot valley turning left at Cajarc. At Figeac we stopped at the supermarket and then moved on to our site at Capdenac-Gare, a town as the name would suggest built around the railway. The site, Camping Municipal Les Rives d'Olt, was positioned on the bank of the Lot with excellent walking along the river to the town. It was here that we saw red squirrel, now so rare a sight in the UK.

The town proved equally attractive, particularly the church in the square which had most attractive staned galss windows.

The following morning we travelled north through Figeac stopping at St Cere - a lovely town with a medieval centre.

We continued on to Bretenaux our next night halt, Camp La Bourgnatelle,  this time on the banks of the River Cere. Again a lovely town which we enjoyed walking around in the late afternoon.

The evening we sat in the sun at the site, enjoying a glass of local wine and reading. The following day, we would explore the Dordogne.