Excursions for Visitors

Sue's cousin Linda and her husband Mike are staying with us and so we decided to take them out at the weekend.
Saturday we went off to Brive la Gaillarde as friends had told us how good the market was.  We were very impressed with the shops in 'old' Brive and then we slowly walked through the market.  Interesting stalls outside ...

and the obligatory Oyster stall ...

before we went into the covered market ...

with a selection of interesting foods.

Having built up an appetite we found a nice restaurant for lunch!

Today, Sunday we went off into deep rural countryside to an Autumn Fair that I had seen advertised at Sousceyrac  in the north of the Lot department.  It wasn't as big as we had hoped but it had drawn out all of the locals ... roasting chestnuts, folk dancing ...

...pancake making ...

... and apple pressing.
The apples were 'crushed' ...

... the pulp was then put into a press with layers of straw ...

... pressed ...

... the juice poured into barrels ...

... and then bottles were filled., with the assistance of a few wasps.

The resultant juice is guaranteed to cure any digestive problem and will recharge your immune system!

We all enjoyed seeing this little bit of real, rural France.