Today we allowed ourselves the luxury of a lie-in. I did a run of 36 minutes very slowly, while Helen went for a swim in the hotel’s well appointed swimming pool. We then went into town and bought some croissants, pain au choclats and croissants d’ amande then ate them over the road from the boulangerie at the tabac-bar. After breakfast we bought a local newspaper with a report of yesterday’s race in it and then went to the Office de Tourism, which was very crowded, to get details of local walks.
We went back to the supermarket next to the hotel to buy provisions for lunch. Then we drove to the ski station six miles away, where the cross country ski runs double in the summer as walking trails. We of course opted for the longest – 9.7km. It was a beautiful sunny day and the wild flowers were all in bloom. We saw only four other walkers, all within the first kilometre, then the only other humans we saw were a couple of guys digging up some plants, who had a dog that was rather too assertive and had an overdeveloped sense of curiosity. We walked for about two hours before stopping for lunch, which we ate on a grassy bank, accompanied by a glass of rosé – superbe! Then we finished off the walk and drove back to the hotel.
In the evening, we had a couple of beers at the brasserie where we had eaten the previous night. Perhaps because it was Monday, many of the restaurants in town were closed so we ended up eating in the same place as we had eaten on Saturday. I took the safe option of duck, while Helen was more adventurous and went for a local dish of potatoes and lardons in a cheesy sauce, which came with a large salad. It had quite remarkable effects on her system as soon as the time we got back to the hotel! The rosé we had was good though.
We went back to the supermarket next to the hotel to buy provisions for lunch. Then we drove to the ski station six miles away, where the cross country ski runs double in the summer as walking trails. We of course opted for the longest – 9.7km. It was a beautiful sunny day and the wild flowers were all in bloom. We saw only four other walkers, all within the first kilometre, then the only other humans we saw were a couple of guys digging up some plants, who had a dog that was rather too assertive and had an overdeveloped sense of curiosity. We walked for about two hours before stopping for lunch, which we ate on a grassy bank, accompanied by a glass of rosé – superbe! Then we finished off the walk and drove back to the hotel.
In the evening, we had a couple of beers at the brasserie where we had eaten the previous night. Perhaps because it was Monday, many of the restaurants in town were closed so we ended up eating in the same place as we had eaten on Saturday. I took the safe option of duck, while Helen was more adventurous and went for a local dish of potatoes and lardons in a cheesy sauce, which came with a large salad. It had quite remarkable effects on her system as soon as the time we got back to the hotel! The rosé we had was good though.
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