Le Temple - sur -Lot

There she blows Marge. I know I'm being showered with falling debris from the tree above. By this morning the wind had calmed. The sun shone through the trees picking out the beautiful bright fresh new green leaves which danced in the light breeze.

Outside Marge four mallard ducks scoured the ground for breakfast. We considered staying another night in Bordeaux there being so much more for us to see. But we knew we would return another day and it would give us something to look forward to. We would leave with fond memories, well almost. Angela's shower experience yesterday not such a fond memory. It's one thing the wind blowing around your pop socks, but another when it blows around your gusset. A quick video call home before we left just to catch up and we moved off our pitch, only to park outside the campsite barrier to continue using the free wi-fi to download some programmes for us to watch on our laptop of an evening. Get your monies worth why don't you? We will Marge.

After the fast pace of the Bordeaux ring road, we found ourselves on quieter country roads passing by yet more vines and wineries. Some of the chateaus that sat amongst the vines were stunning. At the small town of Moulon we stopped in the main square to buy a baguette. Angela sent John in to buy it, thinking afterwards it may not have been a good idea. The square was pretty, so we stayed and had our lunch there. 

Our overnight stop was to be Caumont Sur Garonne on the Garonne canal. We have stayed here before and also cycled along the canal. Our last visit was during the summer. Today the site looked miserable. Groundworks were taking place and we were a little concerned about spending the night under the trees after last night's wind, so we moved on to Tonneins.

The aire there was quite busy, but the thought of spending the night with one van running its heater continuously and another running a generator along with some people hanging around drinking very strong lager did not appeal. It was now late afternoon.

We stopped at the nearby supermarket for essentials, chocolate, chocolate biscuits, wine, etc. and then moved on and are now in the small beau town of Le Temple-sur-Lot which has links to the Knights Templar. 

Tomorrow we will head towards Toulouse. Today has been sunny but very cold. We are hoping as we drive further south the weather will be an improving picture.