The leaves of the Montagne Noir forests are fading to a golden brown, the bright yellows and marmalade oranges that we saw when we first arrived have almost disappeared.
The sunsets echo the colours of the forests below. 
Perhaps most lovely of all is the late afternoon sunlight that falls on the statues and rooftops in the medieval villages.
We have been told that it is not a great season for “cepes”, the Boletus edulis mushroom, a species found world-wide but more common in France because of the oak and chestnut forests. Bill was thrilled to find a cepe and we had a “mushroom omelette” for breakfast and both have survived to tell the tale.
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