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A Quick Spin to Rocamadour

The last day in the Lot: 131 km from Cahors up the Vers valley to Labastide-Murat, across the causse to Rocamadour on its cliff, and back the same way with more than 1,700 m of climbing. Read the ride.

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A Quick Spin to Rocamadour

Looking down over scrub to the Lot valley and wooded hills under grey cloud above Arcambal

The Lot valley above Arcambal

A narrow road running beneath a pale limestone cliff beside the Lot near Arcambal

The cliff road along the Lot

The road running on towards Vers along the Lot valley, with houses ahead.

The road towards Vers

The Lot lying still at Vers, reflecting autumn trees and cloud

The Lot at Vers

The church and its spire at Vers with a limestone cliff behind

The church at Vers

A clear stream under mossy trees in the Vers valley near Saint-Martin-de-Vers

The Vers river near Saint-Martin-de-Vers

Saint-Martin-de-Vers

A toilet with a Halloween skull decoration inside the bowl at a cafe in Labastide-Murat

Even the loo was dressed for Halloween

A busy cafe interior in Labastide-Murat decorated with cobwebs and a giant spider for Halloween

Café de la Place, Labastide-Murat

An old stone house with a square tower beside the road near Couzou

An old stone tower near Couzou

Rocamadour, its houses and sanctuary stacked up the cliff, seen from above the Alzou gorge

First sight of Rocamadour

The road passing under a covered stone gallery with graffiti and the rider’s shadow at Rocamadour

Under the stone gallery

The road climbing away from Rocamadour, with the cliff village across the gorge.

Climbing out of Rocamadour

Rocamadour clinging to the cliff, seen from the climbing road with a stone parapet

Rocamadour on its cliff

Looking back at Rocamadour

An empty country road between Rocamadour and Couzou, handlebars in the foreground.

A quiet road towards Couzou

A dry-stone wall, wooden fence and old barn with a pyramid roof near Couzou

Dry-stone wall and barn near Couzou

The clear, shallow Vers river with a sandy bank and houses at Vers

The Vers river at Vers

A straight road lined with tall plane trees heading back into Cahors

Plane trees on the way into Cahors

A Quick Spin to Rocamadour

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