Snakes and Ladders?

We’ve now walked the streets of Gourdon more than once; actually we walk everyday and more often than not two to three times a day.

First thing in the morning maybe a trip to the Boulangerie for Honey’s croissants and for some reason he likes the ones from the furthest bakery.

Later to the shops for our daily needs or further afield to the larger Supermarket, a walk to the local café and/ or a discovery walk in the town.  

And most days, we feel like Billy goats running up and down hills.  We have found that the boulevards, streets, alleys and lanes are like the game “Snakes and Ladders”.

There is a tiny, narrow street called – rue Zig Zag and we actually believe that all the streets, lanes and alleys do just that zig zag down from the Old Castle walls from one level to the next.

Think of a maypole with it ribbons or a tiered layer cake of varying sizes that wrap around the old historic part of town and then further layers down into the newer part of town.

Rue Marsis lies about in the middle tier of the layer cake in the old town. The main Boulevard where most of the shops are located lies two- three streets below our street; depending where we are heading to, it is either uphill for part of the journey or downhill.

When we are carrying our goods home, it always feels like we are mountain climbing. 

From the main Blvd. you can travel into the new part of town which also rambles up and down.

The large Supermarkets and Garden Centre are on the highway going out of town.

This week we’ve done two long sojourns out; Monday, we did a two-hour discovery walk into an area we had yet not seen and Wednesday afternoon we again trekked to the larger supermarket and also discovered Gamm-Vert, a large nursery/garden centre. We came home with a shopping bag full of plants and also one with some groceries. It was a hot, thirsty walk home.

Also, this week we needed potting soil for our containers and Graeme carried those 20L bags home from down below, another couple streets below the Blvd. from a store similar to a TSC back home.

Graeme says: Who needs “Zumba or aqua-jogging”? with all this walking…time will answer this question!