A little bit of heaven. Five hours mostly floating down the Dordogne in 70 degree, sunny weather. We put in at Carsac and took out at St Vincent de Cosse, about 25 km. It was gorgeous. The first section is more ‘wild’, little sign of human habitation, nice little islands to explore around, amazing cliff faces (some with visible entrances up really high). The river level is very high, so the current is incredibly swift, with lots of flooded areas to go through and explore. It also means we could have gone the 25 km with paddling at all had we wished. But we didn’t. The second half of the river went through a very ‘castle dense’ area, with stunning views up at the chateaux Castelnaud, Beynac, Faynac and others. As mentioned earlier, these river valleys are riddled with caves and troglodyte dwellings. You could see many old cliff entrances from the river, which must have been VERY useful as shelter during various periods of French history, the middle ages for sure, not to mention during the French Resistance in World War II (this area was very active in that). It was a great day and the sun was most appreciated.
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