29 mai 2011 - Sur La Dordogne

DIMANCHE

Wait for the taxi outside my apartment.

Ride to La Roque-Gagneac.

Rent a canoe and take in the limestone cliffs from the Dordogne River. 

The route: La Roque-Gageac to Saint Vincent de Cosse.

A flowering grass blankets the river.

Château de Castelnaud.

Château de Fayrac.

Dragonfly on Erica's paddle.

Château de Beynac.

Pulled ashore after a leisure 9 km (5.6 mile) paddle. Hopped in the shuttle to ride back to La Roque.

 Back in La Roque we enjoy a picnic lunch in the shade.

Begin the walk back to Sarlat.

 Réserve de chasse (Reserved for hunting). Réserve de Repeuplement (Reserve for repopulation).

Walking through Vitrac I randomly pass the home and workshop of one of my colleagues who is a tourneur sur bois (woodworker). Erica and I stop to chat and see his work.

Cannot escape the limestone.

Wild rabbits hopping through the field.

Approaching "civilization"... off in the distance I see le pontet- the train viaduct. 

Back to my abode, we enjoy salmon sauce pasta with a salad.