Day 17 Lalhenque to Cahors

Woke up to the church bells at 7am and very pleased they didn't ring them throttle night as we were in a hotel right beside the beautiful old church.
We were all in good spirits and farewelled our wonderful host and set off knowing we were only walking 17 km.
The walk was through rolling paddock to start with but then turned into scrubby countryside with small oaks and lots of limestone rocks.
We realised that this is an area of truffle growing and the base of the trees are injected with the truffle spores and then wait for winter to harvest. The oaks are small.
Not one cafe was open as it's Monday so luckily we had food on board and picniced under a tree eating Lee's 3 varieties of saussion toms and cheese .
After awhile the view of Cohors appeared with the Lot river again. Down we descended steeply and ended up in the big square enjoying well deserved drinks.
We have a rest day tomorrow which we will really enjoy. Our hotel is very much faded grandeur but has a bath.
Cohors is 115 km north of Toulouse and population of 19k.
It's the first place we've stayed in that is not in the historic part so getting a taste of the real France!Read more