After our coffee we took off through the vineyards of Cognac to the next town to the service point and got some water and dumped our grey and black waters. 
We arrived in Aubeterre sur Donne around 10:30am. The village is classified as a “Most Beautiful Village in France”. It is also on the pilgrims way to Santiago de Compostella in Spain.
We parked on the high side of town next to the cemetery and wondered down through the narrow streets.
The village square was comfortably shaded and well used by the restaurants.
The village also boasts the largest Troglodyte church in Europe. It was carved from the limestone cliffs during the 12th C. We paid €8pp which included an audio guide with the tour taking just over 30mins.
We returned our audio guides and walked back up to Bluey.
We pointed towards roads untraveled before and picked out an old mill Moulin de La Veyssiere, that is open to the public and offers motorhomes an overnight stay.
We were given a short tour on the history of the mill and how they mill nuts to produce oils and flour from walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds and peanuts, all grown in France. The mill has been in the same family for generations. Having tasted them all we decided we liked the walnut oil the best.
The 500kg stone takes 1.5hours approx to grind the nuts into a paste.
After the paste is cooked for 45mins at 190°c the paste is pressed at 40 tins pressure. It takes about 2kg of nuts to extract 1litre of oil.
Then it was back to Bluey for a peaceful night.
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