france II - arquette-en-val et carcassonne

the most difficult decision this year was whether we would go all the way down to the south of france to see monsieur plo's horses again (and the beautiful corbiere mountains) which clocked up another 1000 kilometres on the car but felt right as it is just so pretty and we've never seen lovelier horses this side of the atlantic...

we stayed in a wonderfully converted barn in arquette-en-val which belonges to tony who could not be a better host and the whole place felt great, with lot's of space for just the three of us and our pet tortoise. carcassonne trips where on the agenda as much as a visit to the only major cathar castle we hadn't seen yet, montségur. extra bonus was our trip to lagrasse on horses right over the village bridge into the market place and the commotion it stirred, and simply the best ever lunch with dominique and michel in a farmhouse nearby.