Saturday 2nd November

We will be leaving very early in the morning so I won’t be able to share this on Twitter or Facebook.  That’s the way ca va I suppose.

Yesterday we had another lovely day, just choosing a location and driving out to it.  This time it was Limeuil, which is the confluence of the Dordogne and the Vizere, so I reasoned it would be quite a nice sight to see.  Off we went and about half way saw a sign for Abbaye de St. Avit- Senieur.  Sounding intriguing we turned off and there looming ahead of us was a large half-ruined building on top of a hill.  We walked around the closed Abbey grounds which in themselves were quite spectacular.  The 13t Century abbey was huge and dominated the skyline.  We had coffee in a tiny bar-cum-grocery store, then back en route.  Stopped for a market at Le Buisson de Cadouin and across the mighty Dordogne and headed for Limeuil.  It was well worth the drive.  The two bridges almost meet at the confluence and it is spectacular.  The old town is up high on a rock above the bridges, and both the single road up and the one down were only just wide enough to get our car through, especially as the descent was about 30 degrees steep and very twisty.

Driving back we stopped off again for another simple lunch in Cadouin.

Almost every town or village you come to is beautiful beyond words; the yellow stone buildings, the tiny streets, the overhanging eaves and the old stone churches.  It seems as if time has stood still here, and even the more modern buildings seem designed to blend in seamlessly.  So bye bye Dordogne, we will see you again soon.