Last days in Beynac     26/9/2009


Everyday starts with fog over the river which clears around 10 to become perfect weather. It’s wonderful to see.

The home of Francine and Michel

Francine and Michel, the owners of the little house we rent, are really nice people. They live next door and run an antique shop further down the hill. They have about as much English as we have French, but we manage to communicate quite well. 

One of Monpazier's alleyways.

They suggested we should visit Monpazier, south of the Dordogne. This turned out to be a classic fortified town with the medieval streets and alleyways virtually unchanged since it was founded in 1281. Its picturesque town square still has its medieval covered market intact, complete with grain measures.

La Roque St Christophe.

After a picnic lunch we back to the Vezere River to visit La Roque St Christophe. This is a huge rock, with 5 terraces carved out by the river, has provided shelter and protection for people for 50,000 years. It is now set up as it would have been when it was a medieval village.


The following day we left Beynac and drove to Limoges to catch the train to Paris. After all the raving we’ve done about the area, it will not be a surprise to hear that we were sad to leave.