They follow the sun – like me

Tournesols, the French name for sunflowers – the countryside around this region has fields of them and their French name has a whole new meaning as the follow the sun all day…

It was an early night for me 10pm as the sun went down…and up at 6am to get my work behind me for the day. Planned activity was a bike ride in the other direction to the next town which hosts a large street market every Thursday! We ventured off around 10am (boys on electric – me on manual) down through the steep decent to the bottom of Fumel town. A few speed wobbles as cars and trucks went zooming past me on a road barely wide enough for two Minis to pass! We then cycled on an arterial route (now mainly flat) to the next town…arriving to a buzzing marketplace, with aromas of cheese, bread and fish…

The Place, which fingered out in all directions along all the side streets. Similar merchandise to the street market in Birgu (Malta) that I haven’t made it to yet…..except for the food, fresh fruit and vegetable (from the region), butchers and huge blocks of cheeeses.

Temperatures rising and ready for a sit down and drink, the one cafe on the square was overflowing inside and out!

Enormous pans of hot food cooking away and being dished up in takeaway containers! Last thing, three hot, kiwi,Australian, Maltese humans felt like! So it was on the bike, riding on the shady side back towards our town. All went well (on the flat) until the vertical climb….which entailed a 25 minute uphill push! By this time nothing in Fumel open (all gone home for their afternoon siesta) We three garaged the bikes and walked down to the Brit hotel where we could finally get our coffee!

Out on the terrace, an ice cold beer first, followed by a smorgasbord salad lunch and finally my long awaited coffee

Doing a little car insurance follow up, we finished our lunch by the pool

Looking very inviting and wandered back (up) to our abodes for an afternoon Siesta!

Past the church, very easy to fall into this way of life.. like the Tournesols , following the sun, or in some cases (humans) the shade!