Having left Vallon we travelled to the beautiful village of Labeaume. It is acclaimed as one of the three most beautiful villages in the region and we thought it was probably the best. It was super quiet too......and sunny....couldn’t be better.
Lots of narrow alleys, a narrow bridge and houses on the hillside. We had a walk around and then moved on to stay on a site (we needed to get some washing done). The site was at Rosières.....about 3km down the valley. Nice site by the river. We had some other business to do at the site......shaving my beard off.
I said bye-bye to the beard experiment. I don’t think that I suit a beard, it isn’t very distinctive and there’s too much white in it! I’ve also discovered that they take a bit more looking after than I am prepared to do. So, I will continue with shaving......every now and then.
After lunch, shearing and clothes washing we got on the bikes and set off to Vernon. It’s only a small spot on the road atlas but we had to go and conquer it!
Look.....no beard! Vernon was a nice hillside village with no amenities at all. The church is at the very top of the hill with what might be a very basic old chateau....it had 1299 over the doorway. There are three Vernon towns in France and we have now been to two. The third is near Poitiers.....maybe get there on the way home? The second one is the largest and is close to the Seine River near Giverny and is the ancestral home of the Vernons who came over to England with William the Conquerer. I’ve explained all this in previous blogs!
We were so ‘happy’ with the experience of cycling to Vernon that we cycled to the town of Joyeuse (I’m not making it up)!
Just a brief visit but it did our spirits wonders. Talking of keeping our spirits up we cycled back to the site and drank a bottle of Chatus wine from the vineyards around Vernon. Tasting notes say it’s robust but unpretentious, cheeky with accents of East Lancashire....and (of course) very fruity!
We had a lovely evening sunbathing until the sun disappeared behind the cliffs.
This is the river at the site. How delightful.
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