I had just been commenting to heather about what a great drive it was on the motorway (E11 from Le Caylar) when the gps directed us to turn off at the next exit onto the D11. We can't figure why she did this, as the motorway proceeded along our route, but instead we ended up winding along for hours on a secondary road. Though a dreary misty day, the scenery was again wonderful, driving from higher alpine like scrub then down through forests of a beech type tree in full autumn regalia.
Heather had planned to centre our next stay near Figeac, to allow for easy day tripping to nearby sights and localities. But accommodation isnt always as cheap nearest to where we plan to stay, so instead we drove through the town. It's not far on Heather reassured, as she looked increasingly anxious about where we might end up. We turned off the main road and wound down into a narrow valley, again lined with autumn trees. Heather had taken my request for rural France very literally, but I was absolutely delighted when we arrived at our next stop. We were warmly greeted by Sharon, an Irish women with dogs cats, goats and horses, and a beautiful classic stone farmhouse. Though a bit far from town for easy meals at local restaurants we had thankfully pre ordered the home cooked meal option. The neighbour arrived later in the evening with a picnic basketful of home cooked goodies for our dinner, a tagine of vegetables and sausage, homemade bread, salad, and to finish with small apple tarts. We had already enjoyed most of the bottle of red we had bought earlier in the day, and so with full bellies the day ended blissfully as we sunk into the comfort of our lovely bed, home for the next 3 nights.
Note - we have now finally learnt to use the latitude/longitude coordinates when going to more remote and out of the way places.
Ooh.. that double bed looks comfy.
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