The sound of silence

Forgot to include a couple things in yesterday's post. Firstly, I had my first drive in France. For the initial 45 minutes I think I just concentrated on how close I was to the kerb. The road was very hilly and windy. Secondly I didn't mention where we are. A tiny village called Larnagol. The site (www.lotcamping.com ) is run by an English couple; it only has 49 pitches but they are large and well spaced out and divided into sections. We hadn't realised how quiet it would be prior to beginning of June – not all the facilities are up and running and there are only two other units here at the moment. It's very peaceful, just the birds and noise from the river.

We had a leisurely morning on the site today and went over to the site cafe/bar for coffee and hot chocolate. (You get free internet access if you buy a coffee, and that's no hardship for John). After lunch the bright intervals were outweighing the showers so we went for a walk across to the other side of the river and on to the village of Calvignac to blow the cobwebs away.  Could see Chateau Cenevieres in the distance.

The level of the river Lot is. quite high at the moment due to all the rain, but thankfully not as high as it has been in the past. We came across this archway, with markings showing the height of the river in various years. Almost to the top of the arch in 1927.