Ancient Walled Village

We walked around the fortified village of Navarrenx which has loads of history, really old buildings and is also on the Pilgrim trail. A good butcher and flower shop plus cafe and restaurants. Not as pretty as expected but the explaination by campsite owner is that plants do not go out until after 15th May by tradition.
I walked down to the river Oleron by the site where there were ten  fishermen spinning for salmon. This part of the river is a renowned salmon spot but I did not see any caught in the half hour I was watching. We saw a pecheur packing his car later and he had caught just one, but it was 6 kilos! Apparently the salmon run proper has not reached this high up the river yet. There is a salmon festival here next week. We had prawns (lots of them) and rice and finished the two bottles of wine we started a week ago while listening to the second half of Lcfc match. Andrea Bocelli sang before the game and the championship cup was presented at the end. Amazing days for Leicester. Saw the highlights on MOTD later on my Chromebook.