Time in Cahors

Thanks to Brendan, Tristan and Zoe for answering our question re the Salamander - John Cornish nailed it when he classified it as.......... Salamander richmondae !

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Photos for today...

 Fountain at roundabout on way into Cahors

 Salmon salad for lunch at Bistrot Gambetta on the Main Street

 Flower boxes are attractive

 Our gite is off this lane way

Approaching Cahors

Followed a straight Roman Road into the outskirts of Cahors and could look down and see the Pont Valentre (14th.C) and our path out - as usual straight up the other side!

Herding sheep

One photo shows our young shepherd leading the small flock along the road on his bicycle calling back "Allez!" And they were following!!

Too good to be true - next minute he comes racing back amongst the flock trying to get past and turn them back as they had broken away - hence he then herds them from behind!

All the time Mum is behind yelling at the dog and the son to no avail. Eventually they went into their new paddock! Apology for the photos being in reverse order - it is difficult to sort through the shots as they appear very small on the mini IPad!

Leaving Limogne du Quercy

This was on Sunday and we were walking through the remote reserved bush of the causes of the Quercy area - limestone ridges and flat plateaus. Baying dogs could be heard in the distance and it soon became evident that hunting with dogs for deer and wild pigs was very popular. Any minute we thought a mob of dogs would descend upon us and a hapless deer - but happily not so. Our dog handler was keen to explain he had "permission" for this pursuit as there is an obvious conflict between different interest groups!

Questions to ponder

Two photos are of interest ........

1. The Romans were here in a big way before their demise and this is very evident as we approached Cahors. This structure had running water going through it continually - what would they build it for?

2. Walking out of Cajarc along the Lot River valley we saw large scale cropping of corn and sunflowers - this crop had quite a precise haircut only a day or so ago - why?

End of our Lot !!

End of our Lot.

Geoff crosses the Lot river at Cajarc  on 10 August 2013.

Tim crosses the line at the gite at Cajarc the night before.

We walked 30.5 k. from Figeac to Cajarc  where we once again found accommodation at the

communal Gite

The system is that you arrive at the gite  towards the end of the day where the door is left open.

You put your name on the door and then go into occupation. The notice board tells you when

someone will be back to collect the money for the night. That is usually about 5.30. You are

expected to look after yourself for the rest of the evening and to leave the place clean.

From Cajarc  we walked 18. K.to Limogne en Quercy and today 27 .k. to Le Perch. That leaves

us 12 k. from Cahors which is halfway. We will take a day off there.

Regards,

Tim

Signs on the Way

The Way has been very well signposted with trees and posts marked on average every 100 or 200 metres.

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