Saturday, 27 February 2021

Hiking Day

We had planned to move on today but by coffee time (yep real coffee) the early morning mist burnt off leaving a beautiful blue sky. We decided instead to do a 10.5km hike.

Starting from the tourist office in Bruniquel, the hike dropped down to and across the river before climbing gently up a wooded valley on the other side.
On the outskirts of the village we explored a subterranean wash house, the structure of which we spotted yesterday from high above in the village. This unusual feature was several meters underground and reached by a rough staircase cut into the rocks. Rather bizarrely, about halfway through the hike, we came across another wash house. This was literally in the middle of nowhere and we were at a loss to explain who would have used it! The hike eventually reached high ground where we stopped for lunch before descending another valley back to the river and thence the village.

Returning to Kiki, we spent an hour or so sitting outside in the sun, before our evening meal and settling in for the evening.

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