“…set apart, In a most desolate stony place…” While I stroll, old verses can pop into my head: like Yeats’ lines about J. M. Synge looking about for the simplest, rockiest place he could find, in order to dwell there. Would this do? I think that’s a pigeonnier. (UPDATE: I’m advised it’s a shepherd’s hut.) [...]
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TO CAHORS
Posted in E. THROUGH QUERCY TO CAHORS, Uncategorized on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
VAYLATS: CHRIST BUT NOT CAESAR
Posted in E. THROUGH QUERCY TO CAHORS, Uncategorized on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tulip-time in Quercy: some things grow well in these limey soils. An uneventful walk through stunted oak forest ended on flatter and richer country at the enormous convent of Vaylats. The convent, which requires a small detour from the GR65, is equipped to accommodate and feed many pilgrims. It’s got a retro look up top, [...]
WHAT LIES BENEATH…
Posted in E. THROUGH QUERCY TO CAHORS, Uncategorized on June 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Surveying the Causses, you might think nothing of value could grow in such destitute, alkaline, rubbly ground. But something very special and of enormous value grows here. A hint about that at the end of this post, and then a whole posting on the subject later. Above the Lot River at Cajarc on a misty [...]
TO CAJARC OVER THE “CAUSSES”
Posted in E. THROUGH QUERCY TO CAHORS, Uncategorized on June 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Walking west from Figeac we go deeper into the region of the Causses, limestone plateaus which have a very different complexion to all that has come before. The track is hard, the hills grey. Stunted oaks, some vines, some sheep, pale rock…and dolmens! I walked for some time with a group of French ladies. The [...]
