Spring 2012 - SW France - Day 2

The sun was shining and the day looked promising as we headed off from St Fort sur Gironde. We had checked our radios and were able to communicate between the bikes. Dave took the lead and we headed for Brantôme - a beautiful town on the banks of the river Dronne. 


Here we stopped and enjoyed a walk through the market where the site of beautiful vegetables; wonderful cheeses and fish, meat and poultry were simply a feat for the eyes!

The riding was lovely; some roads not as memorable as others but, by and large our GTs were in their element. We had filled up with petrol first thing and, in stark contrast to yesterday's 33mpg I was now achieving just over 50 mpg; that's not hanging about but it is keeping under 80 mph.

After Brantôme, we headed for Jumilhac le Grand where we stopped at 1pm and had a decent "menu du jour" of steak and chips + starter and desert for €12.

We continued as far as Brive and a decent hotel (Le Chapon Fin) in the centre of the town. However, at 6pm we started to look for somewhere to eat. We walked and we walked and we walked; retracing our steps as we sought to explore each of the roads which radiated off from the centre. We eventually stopped and thought that we would eat here "whatever". We ordered a caraf of rosé and the meal was quite decent.

My room was on the second floor and I was told that it was market day tomorrow, Saturday, so people would arrive early in the square.