Lascaux was fabulous! Enjoy!

Hi Carolyn,
Both kirsten and I have GoreWear soft shell jackets made with Gore wind stopper fabric ( not waterproof) these are our main ‘insulation’ layer when riding, if necessary. The sleeves can zip off as well. These, coupled with our waterproof gortex shells (k has a GoreWear shell and mine’s an Arc’Teryx) are good to low single digit C temps as long as you’re pedalling.
We both have lightweight non-biking insulation layers as well, mine is a Mountain Hardware down ‘sweater’ and K’s is an Arc’Teryx Atom hoody (these are great pieces of gear - synthetic fill, lightweight fabrics - I have one too but didn’t want a hood so I brought my MH down). It’s got to be freezing or below before we would add these while riding. However they are great to throw on while stopped or when the biking is done for the day. Hope this helps.

Hi Jacquie,
Your trip and write-up of the day resulted in us going to St Cirq Lapopie rather than staying in Bouzies like TA. We’re so glad we did, the place is amazing! We wanted to go to the same restaurant you did too, l’Oustral, but unfortunately it’s now closed and shuttered. We also considered the side trip to Peche Merle but decided not to. We are in Rocamadour now and will do a day trip to Gouffre de Padirac ( courtesy of your write up 🙏) and then head to Lascaux from here. Lapopie was one of a handful of places we pre-booked. It’s pretty clear that you’re not going to get something there ‘spur of the moment’. We are however still carrying our camping stuff! Only used three times so far though, more of a safety net to have.

That's the route we took in 2017, less the side trip to Grotte du Pech-Merle. The first 3 weeks of that tour when we travelled together and weren't carrying camping gear was the first trip I've ever pre-booked in its entirety--all because I desperately wanted to see Lascaux IV and to stay in St-Circ-Lapopie.

Hi Lyle & Kirsten, Enjoying following your journey! What a wonderful time you seem to be having and some fabulous meals. Makes me want to go straight back to France!
Interested to know about your clothing layers for the cold? You mentioned a down sweater under your gortex jacket? We fortunately haven't had to deal with such cold temps on a tour and have sufficed with a cycling jersey and gortex jacket. What mid layer would you suggest?

It was, we enjoyed our mini hike.

Great day!

Isn’t it fabulous and the light!

I loved this walk on the old tow path and especially here with the amazing carvings.

Lyle liked it. I had a bit and it was tasty!

On a path beside it.

Yes, Orange Europe Traveller e-sims. They have worked seamlessly. Full service, phone, texts and tons of data. They are probably twice the price of buying a sim from a kiosk but the convenience is priceless. You couldn’t pay me enough to go into a phone /sim vendor ever again. How much of my time is $40 worth to do something tedious while traveling? It’s measured in seconds!

Yep! I was thinking about you …. Until my phone rang a few seconds later 🙄!

There’s my bridge!

That’s really funny. Glad you had such a spectacular day.