Escape yet another big lunch to walk up along the riverbank. Pay respects to old General Talbot at his little monument, where he fell in the battle in 1453 just by the Rauzan ford.
Things haven't changed much on this river since then. You look up river; just trees and water, as always. A mile down river though, the great Chai au Quai gleaming in the midday sun, dominates the view. This is the view the boatmen in their gabares must have been happy to see when bringing down the wine.
Jean-Pierre has got me another old postcard from 1911. Garbares loading hundreds of barrels in front of the Chai. Two little girls watching in their Sunday Best. Like Gigi's.
Not quite so romantic today, but still a lovely spot to soak up the sunshine.
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