Eymet Night Walk

If you have watched any programme about ex-pats living in the Dordogne, you will have seen Eymet, also known as Little Britain.  Though there are lots of negative things about this, one of the good things from our point of view, is that you have lots of retired Brits, who love to delve into local history.  A couple of these Brits were leading an English language walk in conjunction with a French walk around this old town.

The walk itself was lovely.  We were divided into English or French speakers.  We had a very enthusiastic older lady, who has lived in France for years, and a slightly younger man.  Both did a marvellous job of pointing out interesting things.

Some of the group held flaming torches whilst others carried lanterns on sticks.  Just a small problem in our group, nobody remembered the matches.  Luckily Ian, our brother in law, had his lighter with him.

Just ahead of us and out of sight, a group of helpers ran ahead lighting nightlights placed in white paper sacks around certain places that we were to see.

 It was very pretty.  The French group also had a musician to give them an olde worlde feel. 

Eymet is a bastide town or fortified town laid out in a grid pattern.

The houses and buildings within the bastide area are for the most part old. Some of the buildings have beautiful architectual details if you look closely.

We were back in Eymet during the day, to see a painting exhibition.

  Artists set up their easels and drew or painted.

Even young children sat around drawing the square.  A lot of the work was clearly very amateur, but even so, it was fun to see.