July 5 Aubusson to Auriac 122 K / 76 Miles

Hills. The day began with hills and ended with hills and sandwiched in the middle were miles of flat and rolling terrain along the Dordogne River. I pedaled through St Quentin, Gioux, Feniers, Millevaches (from where I could spot the volcanic mountains off to the east), Neuvic, and Soursac. The final few miles of the day I had a fantastic plunge of about 3 miles down to the Dordogne River gorge followed of course by an equally fantastic climb (which seemed much further than 3 miles) up to Auriac.