Friday 1st September 2023
There was a street market on in Brantôme-en-Périgord this morning so that was our first port of call.
The weather was quite cool and a low mist hung in the air over the town as we made our way through the park to the Abbey area where the market was being held.
It was very colourful with lots of stalls be selling local products.
But by the time we got back to Ed the sun was making an appearance and it's been a glorious sunshine for the remainder of the day.
There are some more pictures from this morning on yesterday's post.
So we left picturesque Brantome and headed onto our next destination.
Today we ticked off another BVoF, Limeuil village is located at the confluence of the Dordogne and Vézère rivers. Historically this location at the meeting of the two major local rivers gave Limeuil immense importance – both commercially and strategically. In medieval times, the rivers were the highways of trade, and to be at the convergence of two of them was a unique advantage in the region: this was, historically, primarily a wine-producing area, much of the wine quite 'rough', but the casks of relatively better wine were delivered into the 'chais' at Limeuil, for subsequent delivery downstream to Bordeaux, on large, flat-bottomed 'gabarres'.
The rivermen had to be accommodated here, and to this day the riverside bar/restaurant bears the name L'ancre de Salut – a boatsman's term meaning literally 'the safety anchor', a place where the rivermen could find food, wine, a bed, and rest, before their return up river.
(Shamelessly copied from Wikipedia)
Limeuil
Next stop was our parkup for the night at Eyzies de Tayac Sireuil just 20 minutes up the Vézère river.
We're on a Camping Car Park site for 14.50 euro with electric included and today that's very welcome. It's about 30c this afternoon so the air conditioning being put to good use.
It's a very pretty location on the river with a small town and more cave houses carved from the cliffs above the town.
I think this is a common feature of many areas of the Dordogne gorges.
Eyzies de Tayac Sireuil
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| Just how I imagined Dordogne |
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| Some impressive cave buildings in the rock face |
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| Impressive bamboo too ! |
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| Some swallows were putting on an acrobatic display, but of course the camera doesn't pick them up |
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| A wavey cycle lane bridge |
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