Sunday 25 July - Saturday 31 July
On Sunday we did a new walk, since it was just a bit cooler. Several people had told us about the three 17th century mills somewhere between Cabrières and Vailhan. There is a published walk from Vailhan, but we modified it to start and finish at Neffiès. This is a great walk, with a super bit through woods back up from Lauriol after the mills. And the mills are really interesting. Here are the top ruins:
Behind this building is a large reservoir tank, now empty. The steep hillside to the left has three water mills in series, in an advanced state of decay but it is still possible to make out the arrangement. Here is the best preserved mill:
Behind this building is a large reservoir tank, now empty. The steep hillside to the left has three water mills in series, in an advanced state of decay but it is still possible to make out the arrangement. Here is the best preserved mill:
The views are good once you are on the way back over the hills to Neffiès. Here's what it looks like behind you (Pic de Vissou is the pointy hill):
On Monday we did yet another new walk, this time on the flat through the vineyards to Caux and back. We started fairly late because of the heat and it was OK. Before that we listened to David Kent being interviewed on Harborough FM via the computer, a somewhat bizarre experience in the heat of the South of France.
We can't remember what we did on Tuesday and Thursday of this wek, but on Wednesday we went to Serignan Plage.
On Friday we left to go to Cluny at around 8.30 am and bought sandwiches for lunch at the services at La Lozère. We stopped to eat them after we had left the motorway, in a very nice lay-by. After we had checked in at our hotel (the Abbaye) we met Marion, Julian, Simon and David at the square by the Abbey. We had a bit of a look around the town and an ice cream at a café. Here they are, Roger not there as he was behind the camera:
We agreed that we would all have dinner at our hotel in the evening and had a really excellent meal.
We agreed that we would all have dinner at our hotel in the evening and had a really excellent meal.
Next morning we all went to Taizé (about 15 minutes away) for the early morning service (David and Simon took us) and then back to Marion and Julian's tent for breakfast. They camp in a very basic way and had a cat and a dog with them. The dog was on respite care from Marion's daughter who has just given birth and the dog could not cope. Both cat and dog are taken for walks on leads. After breakfast Simon and David left for the UK.
We had both lunch and dinner chez Hurdmans, making a contribution of food. After lunch we all went in our car back to Taizé just to go to the shop. Then we came back and walked into Cluny. Whilst Marion and Julian (and dog) had a beer we looked at the old Abbey a bit more, then we joined them for a drink. We went back to the hotel to tell them that we would not be there for dinner but would be needing breakfast next day, then back to the camp site. After the first course of dinner we drove to Taizé for the evening service, then came back for pudding. By then it was dark and a bit difficult to manage, but we did.
We had both lunch and dinner chez Hurdmans, making a contribution of food. After lunch we all went in our car back to Taizé just to go to the shop. Then we came back and walked into Cluny. Whilst Marion and Julian (and dog) had a beer we looked at the old Abbey a bit more, then we joined them for a drink. We went back to the hotel to tell them that we would not be there for dinner but would be needing breakfast next day, then back to the camp site. After the first course of dinner we drove to Taizé for the evening service, then came back for pudding. By then it was dark and a bit difficult to manage, but we did.
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