We left the hotel at Limorge, to make our way down to Carcassonne – the highlight of my week in France. Somewhere on a steep hill on the motorway, 5th gear suddenly and without warning, disappeared. After a moment of deep panic, Mike realised we had 4 other gears which seemed to be ok, so we carried on! We stopped in a services and took a look, then found when we tried to reverse out of the space that reverse gear had gone with 5th gear!!! OMG. So what to do – FI we carried on – “Star trecking across the Universe always going forward cos we can’t find reverse” and if that failed we pushed!!
Carcassonne was everything we expected it to be. A real French village but still functioning inside the huge Medieval castle walls, (Repaired in the 18th Century, so old since then) shops, Cathedral, hotels, the lot. We spent a very happy day there.
From Carcassonne we made our way to the Aude, we stopped in the little village called Couiza for coffee & beer. We stayed in a village called Sougraine, in the Aude, a mountainous region. It’s very beautiful, with canyons and walking areas. Would love to go back. Got to the Hotel Elise Au Soleil, which was very quaint and ancient.
Very comfortable. We went off for a walk and started along one of the circular walks, obviously without preparation and only wearing sandals, we soon had to turn back because of the mud. We ate in the hotel, the food was very simple and local – delicious.
