Loving the Small Villages - October 6, 2025


Before leaving Montauban this morning, we picked up a few items for breakfast at a Carrefour. Then we headed northwest. It was a foggy morning, with rolls of mist reducing visibility during the first part of our drive, but this just added to the ambience of the countryside.



Just before we arrived in Moissac, our first destination, we spotted a stone bridge. Of course, we had to stop to get a closer look. This is le Pont Cacor Canal, which is actually an aqueduct, allowing navigation over the Tarn River via the Garonne Lateral canal. 

It is constructed of that pink brick we had seen so much of in this part of France as well as Quercy stone. We enjoyed photographing it, because the it looked somewhat ethereal when seen through the trees and with the mist rising from the water. 

Shortly afterwards, we parked our car in Moissac and walked to the 

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