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| Loved the old buildings in Pesmes |
Today has been one of those days that started off very well,
had some hiccups this afternoon but finished on a good note. Woke to a nice
sunny morning, Ian helped Mandy fix a bumper on her campervan before she headed
off.
We picked up a few supplies then off to Pesmes, a village
that I had read about in a book titled the “The Most Beautiful Villages of
France”. I had borrowed the book from our Rotorua library and really enjoyed it
so ordered it from Amazon to travel with. Parked in the local carpark and went
for a walk around the village, and although it was a really nice place with so
many historic buildings I didn’t quite see its reputation for being in the
book, and interestingly Mandy had visited another village from the book and
said exactly the same thing.
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| Pesmes. |
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| Must have been a good party! |
Continued south and spotted a cycle store in the town of Dole.
I wanted to get a cycle bag for the front of my bike to carry my DSLR camera
and so far had not seen a decent store. It was about 12.30 and when we arrived
found that as with most of France, stores close from 12 until 2, a tradition
that we are finding difficult to get used to. We wandered around a large
supermarket type of store that was open, then had lunch in the van before
returning to the store. We were very pleased that the guy spoke a little
English and he checked out my bike to see what sort of fitting was needed to
attach the bag. Got it all sorted and it was almost 3 when we left town.
Had found an Aire in a town that evidently was beside a bike
path and we were keen to go for a ride. Arrived only to find that it was really
grotty and not at all inviting. Quick rethink and headed for an Aire on a lake
not too far away, but it wasn’t very good either, then onto another on the lake
and once again a rather uninviting place. So headed back into Orgelet to a town
Aire which turned out to be a great little spot, very close to the centre of
the village and quite a few other campers here too…and it is free! So finally
it was well after 6 when we sat in the sun and had a very enjoyable and well
deserved wine. After dinner I set off with my camera and walked through town as
the sun was getting low, really nice light. Interesting though Jilly took us
down a very narrow lane to the park and it was not until I walked up the road
that I saw the sign that said “Narrow Road – Make a U turn”!! The main road in
was a little further on. Never know when to trust Jilly.
Have really enjoyed driving in this region which is not far
from the Swiss border, guess you would call it the Alps but not that high and
very bushed covered.
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| The countryside with villages dotted everywhere. |
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Orgelet - evening light on the church, the trees look to have
been pruned to an inch of their lives. | |
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| Evening light and shadows from the trees. |
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