We set off after our morning coffee and arrived about 50mins later in Tremolat, just in time for the footy. Along the way we passed some lovely scenery including poppies in the fields.
Whilst Mark watched the Bombers loose to Port, I wondered off to the lookout across the beautiful lush countryside and the meandering Dordogne River. 
After the game we stopped in the charming village and had a stroll around.
Our next stop was the classified ‘Beautiful Villages of France”, Limeuil, situated at the confluence of the Dordogne and Vezere Rivers.
We made it up to the top of the village and then wound back down admiring the honey coloured houses and lovely roses.
We continued along the Dordogne River and drove past Beynac (visited in 2013) with its imposing castle poised over the village and the river.
Another similar village further upstream was Castlenaud La Chapelle. We managed to find some parking and bought a plate at the brocante.
We knew we were visiting the area on the busiest days of the week, Sunday, but never the less , we were taken back by the amount of people were at La Roque Gageac (also visited in 2013). So we did a drive by and skedaddled out of there.
We said good bye to the river and headed south west to Monpazier, another classified ’Most Beautiful Village of France”, in the heartland of the Bastides (a walled town designed in the 13th C with a center square and grid like street system). We were lucky to find a level spot and went to have a look.
We could resist ending our day with yummy cakes.. or as our friends Mike and Jan would say f.a.c (fat arse cakes! Haha)
Good to see the f.a.cream cake tradition continues on....YUM! Enjoy. Don't eat them all. Leave some for us!
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