Day 13: 29 miles (516) to Calès

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Du Broulliard today as we leave Sarlat. Starts a whole load of nonsense in my head . Mr Whitton my French teacher and Whitmarsh book 4 . All the verbs were at the back and we all had to learn the next days verb … he would enter the class room door with one word

Whoever he pointed to had to compose a sentence in the present tense and so on until we all been pointed too in several tenses . He was a strict teacher but gave me the confidence to have a go , often misplaced too . I still think I’m fluent just a bit rusty

Really lovely cycling though today . Ceri’s bicycle purring along like a new machine . De rigeuer coffee stop and gentle cycling by the Dordogne. The sun comes out and we have lunch next to a now customary church . A swim has to follow in the oh so picturesque Dordogne. I put on extra lube as I know there is a stonking 4km hill . Ceri keeps out of the way as I weave up the hill . Out of Dordogne now and in Quercy . Looking forward to our mini break chez my Irish rellies Heather and Alan

Ceri here: Neil is amazing. That was a tough 4km hill and he didn’t stop once!

35km of cycle track
This old station is now a school on a cycle track. How safe is that!!
Aillac
Breakfast on the Dordogne
That coat again
Where’s my iPhone? I dropped it here kayaking 5 years ago.
Final swim in Dordogne river
Maybe he’ll find his phone swimming?
Reflecting
We’ve passed the 500 miles half way point. Walnut orchards everywhere

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