Day 11: Figeac to St Cirq , no - Tour de Faure 62 kms

Our daily packing!

Great day's riding

Now if you had to choose an ideal days riding, this would be very close to that day.

We followed the Célé River down the valley. Virtually no climbing, beautiful villages, great scenery. It was just a delight.

Lunch places though were hard to find. We stopped at one restaurant at St Supice but it was closed until tomorrow. They had just returned from their summer vacation. They were not sure of anything that would be open in the direction we were going. Resigned to making do with what we had onboard, we ate our fruit and were about to head off when they came back and said that they would make us an omelet with salad.

This was great, but again like yesterday, it just did not cut it for me I need a pretty high carbo lunch it seems. Actually if you look at what I ate on PBP, I probably just need a lot of food. Energy drink on board, and we were off again.

We finally got to see a field of sunflowers in bloom. They are such a magnificent sight. So far all the fields we had seen were 'spent'

The climb up to St Cirq Lapopie was hot, but not too bad. The bad thing was that when we got to the top we found out that the town was 'complet' - full, no room in the inn. Eight years ago, after my first PBP I came here but it was pouring rain so I did not climb up to St Cirq Lapopie but stayed in Tour de Faure below. This time we ended up in the same hotel. At least this time we got to St Cirq Lapopie. It's a magnificent place.

Only one day left riding in this area of the Dordogne/Lot. Back to Cahors tomorrow. It's been a fantastic place to ride. A bit hilly, but the hills add to the character and at times give great views.