Thursday 13th October 2022

We left Caumont this morning passing this little sign by the canal advertising what the community has to offer.

We travelled south and stopped fro the day at the small town of Romieu. Here's the view from our parking place. The building opposite is a former abbey.

We walked into town. Here's looking back to our parking place.

We went into town down this alley.

Here's the town square.

We bought some bread.

There are some interesting old buildings in town.

In the 14th Century there was a terrible famine here and the locals ate all the cats bar two who a local girl hid from the starving populace. The next year their crops began to prosper but were being eaten by a plague or rats. The cats the girl had saved and their kittens ate all the rats and the harvest was saved!

Now there are sculptures of cats all around town to commemorate the role they played in saving the community from starvation twice!

It cost us 5 euros each to get into the former Abbey. Here are the cloisters.

This is the door to the church.

The church is very large.

This painting is of one of the Cardinals who lived here in the adjoining palace.

There's some stained glass.

This room just off the main body of the church has amazing acoustics and old murals.

Here's a detail of part of the mural.

We didn't go up either of the tall towers as they both had access by very narrow spiral staircases which neither of us fancied going up!

This is what's left of the Cardinal's palace.

Back at our parking place a load of people turned up and went off for an organised walk. After they returned and parents had picked up their children from the adjoining school we were left the car park to ourselves for the evening.

Today we travelled 44 miles (71 kilometres). We are at: N43.9814 E0.4955

La Romieu  Street View