Day 5 of the Hike: Vitrac to Sarlat

We woke up for the first time to the sound of pouring rain. We held up a little in what was shown to be a somewhat shorter hike than the last several. When the rain slackened we started out hitting very early th day's highlight -- a visit ti Montfort. There a chateau sat astride the clifts. Much film wasd used to.capture the full effect and more later was used to capture the Dordogne river's most attractive stretch. With any missteps rapidly corrected we were surprised that the trip was taking as long as it did but when we stopped for lunch after some serious walking we had still a good half of the stated distance left. We ate quickly as the rain was coming and also recognizing that we were sitting on a woman's stone wall and she was puttering around. We diid caught by the mid afternnon showers but made it to Sarlat by 3 and navigated to the hotel 30 minutes later. The hotel had a heated enclosed pool where Bill did a few laps. Lin read a book by the poolside. We decided to do italian I our first dinner on our own. The restaurant was clearly downscale froim what we had bee treated to. Lin made up for a bad blue cheese-dominating 4cheese tagliatelle by consuming a banana split that should have served 4 people.