Day 72 – Cahors to Saint Gery

Thursday July 14, 2011, 20 km (13 miles) – Total so far: 2,706 km (1,681 miles)

We decided to book in another day in Cahors as it was looking damp outside and we couldn’t be bothered packing up and moving. The hotel was booked out however, so we had a bit of a rush to pack up and get out before 11am.

Thankfully the day turned into an beautiful sunny day and we were thankful we were forced to move on.

It was an incredible ride over the gorge and we really enjoyed the uphill part of it as it wasn’t too steep.

We only did 20 kms when we found this nice little campsite right beside the river. It was an unmanned campsite and cost only 8 euros. We decided with the drama we seem to have finding campsites to stop early and set up camp.

At about 8pm that evening I was starting to doubt my decision when three angry looking blokes turned up with three angry looking dogs. They parked right next to our tent, piled out of their car and wandered around the campground with really big sticks.

One guy headed off with his dog into the bushes. I suggested he was checking his marajuana patch, Mike suggested he was taking his dog for a crap.

When I suggested they look pretty dodgy, Mike agreed with me (rather than his normal response of “everyone looks dodgy to you”). That really made me nervous. I didn’t have enough wine to cope with this!

Anyway -after about an hour of psychologically terrorising us, they grabbed their mobile phone and charger and left. phew – they were only there to charge their mobile phone!