Day 12 - We hoped the drive to the next stop would be better than the last ones and thankfully it was. With a break and a small delay due to an accident of a burnt out car we made it to the next stop; Belle Époque near Aurillac. The place is a restaurant with rooms of which there are four. Each is a building on its own, three of them are wooden lodge style and the one we are in is attached to the restaurant and being stone built it is fairly cool. It has a large...

Day 11 - We woke late today as from 9am we could take breakfast on the terrace, which also meant we could easily take the dogs too. Breakfast was very nice with a selection of fruit, pastries, cheese, ham and bread. They have a nice Croissant and Fruit pudding too. After breakfast we headed to Les Jardins des Martels. The day was already warming up but we took the dogs simply to give them a walk. But half way round they were getting hot and Tawny took every oppo...

Day 10 - Today was checkout day for the Gite, so we had an early start to make sure we could tidy up and get everything packed to be on the road before 10am. We were clearly practiced hands at this as we managed to leave just after 9.30 instead. So it was goodbye Provence and hello to our next stop on our road trip in Cuq Toulza, 40 km or so from Toulouse. Our journey which should have taken just over 4 hours, took just over 6 instead thanks to 'Samedi Noir'; the...

Day 9 - A bit of a lazy morning today. We woke up later than normal and to avoid the strong sun we took the dogs for a walk in the village first. After breakfast we took a short drive to Rousillon. It's a pretty village with houses painted in the shades of the quarried ochre landscape. Unfortunately, thinking the village was close to the car park we came across, we parked up. However, we soon realised we had a little bit of a trek. Rousillon has lots of parking p...

Day 8 - Today we decided to head down to Loumarin, Vaugines and Ansouis. Loumarin, our first stop was at the end of a long and winding mountain road where it reaches 499 metres before winding down to Loumarin. The town centre is very nice with cobbled streets, plenty of boutique style shops, bars and restaurants. There is also a Chateau but we decided not to visit it. So after an hour of wandering around we headed on to Ansouis, purportedly the most beautiful vil...