Blue sky and sunshine this morning so after breakfast we cycled to Cazals,
another medieval bastide town. We didn't see any peacocks today, just a deer trotting across the road followed by two young fawns.
Cazals is an attractive place with a large market square and a lake where you can fish,
swim or hire a pedalo. We stopped by the lakeside for a small picnic. I love a proper picnic. Picnic blanket and cushions with a hamper
packed with quiche, cheese, ham, bread, fruit,etc. Not forgetting a bottle of wine or two. Of course that’s not possible when you are
travelling by bicycle. So we sat on a
bench and ate dried prunes and a banana.
“An excellent source of energy,” I was told, “they will get
you up that hill in no time.”
It had been a fairly easy ride into Cazals but there was a long, steep
climb on the return journey. It was a
relief to ride back through the shady woods to get some respite from the hot
sun and for once there were no flies.
The prunes worked a treat.
Bananas appear to do it for pro tennis players but it's a bit further along the line that prunes work a treat for us.
ReplyDeleteI've just set up the first electric fan of the year.
I love this heat, storms though forecast for tomorrow.
DeleteLike you i like so much "big" picnic, and sometimes we do it here,when we ride our cars to our small forests here.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely thing to do, especially with the family.
DeleteI am envious of your ability to enjoy doing nothing and I mean that sincerely.
ReplyDeleteIt comes quite naturally to me. I'm not sure if I'm a sloth or a hedonist.
DeleteThe only time I go to Cazals is for the big 'troc' in the Summer, and never by bike. I rely on petrol.
ReplyDeleteYes, well somehow I couldn't imagine you pedalo-ing round the lake!
DeleteThis is why I went for a bike with a basket, I love putting all my picnic goodies in there. Only trouble is that you end up drooling over it the whole way there hehe x
ReplyDeleteI need to borrow your bike!
DeleteLooks wonderful and serene. Picnics are always nice, especially out in the sunny weather. Greetings!
ReplyDeleteIt was very quiet and peaceful there yesterday morning.
DeleteAny picnic is nice if the weather is good.
ReplyDeleteIt was more of a snack than a picnic. Just wishful thinking on my part.
DeleteDoing nothing is my favourite indulgence especially when the weather is good you know :-)
ReplyDeleteA snacking in the outdoors always makes me want to eat more too.
Food always tastes better outdoors.
DeleteIt all sounds so lovely Sue but what on earth is a bastide town? I guess it was full of bastides as the French are renown for their peccadilloes.
ReplyDeleteI think that there might be a book in answer to Y.P.
DeleteIn a nutshell bastides are fortified new towns built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony and Aquitaine during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
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