Rocamadour

After leaving Sarlat we picnicked on the way to Rocamadour which Mike fancied seeing before we left the Dordogne area. We arrived late afternoon at the top of the canyon (with Margaret navigating again - GPS not to be trusted) where the chateau, sanctuaries and old Cite are stacked on top of each other clinging to the side of the canyon. As it was our last night before parting we had dinner at a restaurant with a sublime view over looking the site. The flood lights even came on to complete the picture as we finished our meal. We decided to have regional specialty menu which consisted of turkey giblets salad with walnuts and pate followed by duck and chips, goats cheese and ice cream. It sounds much better in French of course and was actually very nice indeed. The next morning we said our farewells to Mike and Margaret and they departed for a long drive to the Loire valley 'to do chateaus' on the way home. We were not going so far and decided to go down to the car park at the bottom of the canyon and visit the cite site before we left. We caught the little train to the outer gates and walked thru the old cite (gift shops!) and up the 197 stone steps or the 'Le grande escalier, (better in French again) to the sanctuaries. Then walked up the way of the cross which turned out to be the pilgrim way down to the cite from the top of the canyon. The chateau was not open to the public so we had no option but to walk all the way down again. We set off south towards the Lot valley where Gladys (the GPS) navigated us to a non-existent motorway junction and then up a farm track - where's Margaret!