Up early again, and the first five miles slipped easily by as we raced down long gentle descents towards the river Vezere which runs into the Dordogne. The scenery is becoming ever more beautiful with high rocky cliffs, red soil, yellow bricked houses typical of the Dordogne and lush tree covered hills above sleepy rural valleys. Quite a few tough hills today but the sights were Up early again, and the first five miles slipped easily by as we raced down long gentle descents towards theIMG_1164 river Vezere which runs into the Dordogne. The scenery is becoming ever more beautiful with high rocky cliffs, red soil, yellow bricked houses typical of the Dordogne and lush tree covered hills above sleepy rural valleys. Quite a few tough hills today but worth it. We passed the rock ofIMG_1163 St Christopher, a huge rock face with towers above the river and has a deep lateral fissure about half way up, used over the ages by various people for shelter and defense, it is the site of prehistoric cave paintings and Kez had to talk me out of a visit to ‘Prehistopark’ which sounded like fun to me.
We lunched in the touristy town of Les Eyzies listening to the American accents and marvelling at the overhanging cliff with buildings clinging on half way up before cycling out to find somewhere with fewer air conditioned coaches and expensive cafés. A few miles down the river we came to Le Bugue and a three star camp site with pool, free wi-fi and a bar. It’s Sunday tomorrow, so we might have another day of rest.