The village of Fumel

Last night it cooled down enough to go for a walk to the castle du Fumel – around 8pm, it doesn’t get dark until 10pm!

In through the gates..

The village with the church spire!

Stone archways

Wildflower gardens (Lexi that’s what we are making)

The view from the terrace overlooking the river

Yours truly enjoying the (warm) breeze

Making the most of the lesser heat closer to 30 than 40 we wandered around the upper town

Looking back up at the castle on the hill! One cool beer and we were off to our respective beds around 11pm. After a chat with the local ladies sitting outside talking away with Kev and Rols (in French) and me just grinning like a Cheshire Cat and nodding!

This morning I did a few hours work and being cooler we opted for a team ride along the riverside to the next town – Kev and Rols on their fabulous electric folding bikes, and me on the non electric one they brought down from Paris! It was down hill through the town and along the riverside mostly flat

No electric needed – we rode for a couple of hours until the sun started peeping through around 11am – temperature rising – then it was a kilometre up hill – boys cruised on up (electric kicking in) and I walked and pushed my bike! Very warm and damp after reaching the garage!

We had a plan for the afternoon – dump rubbish, lunch on the air con and hit the St Vincent de Paul charity shop (only open on Tuesday and Saturday afternoons). The best laid plans….this time thwarted by a road marking machine (on the way to the dump) who suddenly reversed into the car while we were stationary waiting to turn left!

The ledge that Kevin is sitting on is the one that crashed into the front of the beautiful Citroen crushing the lower bumper and rearranging the inside motor bits – bonnet no longer closing! It all happened so fast nothing we could do – the driver of the 3 tonne machine did admit fault but now it’s a waiting game for insurance action! The car still goes but not too far!

I am guessing we will (or at least I will) be getting very fit riding my non electric bike up and down the hills! Or having a lovely rest reading my books – it will be heat dependent!