The days fly by in the Yellow and Green and my week is almost over in the beautiful colours of the Lot Et Garonne…wining and dining Daily…. Enjoying the respite from the 10 day heatwave…before temperatures rise again in the weekend!
Monday morning we drove to Agen to collect our friend Sally from Paris!! Past fields of torne sols..smiling towards the sunshine. I had been a little concerned that the usual fields of Yellow were absent from the landscape, but it appears planting is staggered more …with fields of younger green plants with flower heads only just developing!
Kevin dropped me at station to meet Sally off the train…I was one end of platform, she got off the rrain on the other end and we totally missed each other…and I caught her outside looking for the car!!! Wasted exercise!
We collated ourselves back in the car and headed towards our lunch destination.
Tournon d”Agenais …the square on the top of the hill and fortressed commune, founded in the 1200’s by Phillip III (King of France from 1270-1280)
Artwork and archways…adorn the square..
We headed home mid afternoon, just as the painters were winding up for the day and spent a pleasant evening in the garden catching up!! And keeping up on World cup(soccer) and Wimbledon(tennis) updates! Between the internet and Kevin’s 500 Tv channels we can catch almost every game …. Sally and I are in Pigs heaven…Kevin not so much!
The next morning…we had a couple of errands to run around the town…still taking time to smell the roses…
Soaking up the scenery…
Crossing the odd bridge…
And enjoying an iced coffee!!! This one was quite a production!
We then headed to the village of Grezels, further east along the Lot river towards Cahors…
Winding our way up a very narrow road to view the Chateau de La Coste…the high point of the town.. A privately owned ruined castle dating back to the 15th century…
We then went to our lunch destination, which was on the edge of the river under covered terraces, very full of patrons, glad to be able to brave the outdoors in the cooler temperatures!
The river beaches not yet occupied as the main summer holiday period in France will begin in a couple of weeks!
Not a breath of wind…the water like glass…
Another evening of garden yarns, tennis and soccer!
Yesterday we went to another friends for lunch..,yes I have been eating myself around the environs of Kevin’s home town! Will definitely have recouped the weight left behind on the Camino (and more!)
All who wander are not Lost girls 