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Vineyards into the Dark

Day five in the Lot: an evening loop filling in the gaps north-west of Cahors, through Caillac and Crayssac to the vines at Caïx, then on into the dark by Labastide-du-Vert, Catus and Calamane. Read the ride.

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Vineyards into the Dark

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The war memorial at Caillac, a bronze soldier on a stone pedestal, with the church tower and cypress trees behind

War memorial, Caillac

A stone château with a slate-roofed turret and a round tower beside a gravel lane, under a golden sunset sky between Caillac and Crayssac

Last light on a château

The church at Crayssac

Le Lot, plus qu’une étape

Rows of autumn vines beside the road near Caïx under a pink-tinged evening sky

Vines near Caïx

Another stretch of autumn vines beside the road near Caïx, with wooded hills behind

More vines near Caïx

A narrow lane climbing past tall cypress trees at dusk, with the moon up over the hills above Caïx

Cypresses at dusk

A statue on a white stone plinth lit up against a deep-blue night sky in Labastide-du-Vert

Labastide-du-Vert after dark

The lights of Cahors spread along the valley at night, seen from the road above Laroque-des-Arcs

Cahors by night

A brightly painted mural on a small building under a streetlamp at night on the way back into Cahors

A mural under the streetlights

Riding through a graffiti-covered underpass in Cahors at night

Underpass art

The shadow of rider and bike thrown up the road by a car’s headlights from behind, in Cahors

Shadow rider

Vineyards into the Dark

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