Part one of the saga of the summer of 2006

Sile on the boat on the first leg of the journey.
(sporting a new hair cut)

I was just trying to take a shot of the setting sun
when this couple walked in front of me.
Then when I saw the shadows I blessed them!

We stayed by the almost still River Lot on
the way down through France.These rivers
which drain into the west coast of France, the Lot
and the Dordogne especially,are very beautiful.

In the Village of Capandac by the Lot we saw this sign.
The mind boggles!
Do you lap directly from the toilet bowl?

This is the hotel we stayed in Sommieres in Languedoc.
Called l’Oustelou it was an old railway station which had been
restored without changing its basic character.

At the back of the hotel the old railway line had been
turned into a cycle/skating track which was in constant
use. This was a man of a certain age prepared to try
it on roller blades. I tried it on the bike with rather
disasterous consequences!

We did manage to get to a Brocante fair in a local village.
(and I bought some glasses!)

This cafe by the river became our second home while
we were in Sommieres. This is most of our party.

Myself testiculating with my brother in law Colm.

The French plane trees have this tendancy to grow into
their environment, they sometimes capture passing railings.