Heading for the snowy mountains!

Having had two and a half great weeks in Marseillan we finally moved out on Thursday to start heading for the Pyrenees. Our first stop was at the fortified town of Carcassonne, somewhere I'd always wanted to visit. It was very, very quiet, mostly closed for the winter, but good to walk around and admire the buildings.

 

Quite how I managed to chop the turrets off the castle, I'll never know!! Much smaller than either of us expected, but impressive.

 

From there we drove on to Mirepoix where we stopped overnight. I walked into the town the next morning in search of a boulangerie and found a beautiful market square.

 

 

Then we drove on past some lovely towns all with babbling rivers pouring down from the mountains, and around every corner we were treated to superb snow-topped, rugged mountain views. We arrived at Bouzin and met Helen & Phil and their dog Ronnie, where we'll be house sitting for the next 10 days over Christmas while they're back in the UK.

This morning we woke up to a crisp white frost, which turned into a beautiful sunny day with blue skies. Had a long dog walk enjoying the mountain scenery.