Flavigny - too much!

Roses in Flavigny sur Oiserain

Flavigny sur Oserain is billed as one of the prettiest towns in France. It is a heavily restored place with endless photo opportunities - so many in fact that I didn't know where to begin.

The Grange.  A Farmers co-operative cafe.

This place was absolutely full of parents with their young children.  They were crawling all over the place - yes I was in grumpy old woman mode that afternoon.

Clematis in Flavigny

Cheered up when I saw these beauties climbing up a lovely old building though.

View on the way back down to Pouillinay.  No need to pedal at all on way back!

Although is was 6 miles to the hilltop town of Flavigny, and uphill all the way, the uphill was on the whole quite gentle - we walked most of it! - and the downhill back pure joy! Heard a cuckoo on the way up and saw a lesser spotted woodpecker.

Quercy arriving in Pouillenay

Very hight water in the pound above Pouillenay

Our lovely lock keeper Davide.  No posh moped, no uniform or life jacket or any English, but we got by.  He was a character and kept the other eclusier laughing the whole way.