We are currently sitting in an Aire by the side of the road having stopped for a shower and then found they have free internet access, so enjoying a coffee and chance to see what is going on in the world. In a way I am a bit surprised at how hard it is to find internet access in France after our experiences in Greece last year where virtually every cafe and bar had free Wi Fi.
We moved on from the campsite in Romagne about 60 miles south to a small independent beer maker on the outskirts of a little village called Gorre. He has a set up in a barn where he buys in the ingredients and makes about 27,000 bottles a year that he sells to local bars and restaurants and the rest at farmers markets. He showed us round and of course we bought a few bottles that went down very well.
The actual campsite is at the back of the farm in a field with views out across the hills and valleys and is quiet and beautiful, so nice we decided to stay two days. The landscape down here has changed again as we are now on granite and there are lots of hills and valleys. We probably saw the last of the River Vienne in Aixe sur Vienne just south of Limoges where Viv had a look around a porcelain factory.
On the way down we saw a field with about 20 Stone Curlews in it, I have only every seen about two before in Tenerife and just down from where we camped there was a great view of a Rough Legged Buzzard.
We cycled about 10 miles into the countryside and ended up in a little town called Cussac, I had to cycle back as there were a few too many hills for Viv and pick up the van and then fetch her!
The fields are still full of Buzzards, Jays and Woodpeckers and there are more cows now both dairy and beef with some magnificant looking brown beef bulls.
The farmers wife gave us some fresh peaches of the tree in her garden and tomatoes she had just picked that we ate for tea.
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