DAY 135 TUESDAY AUGUST 7 MALIERES

Spent time today preparing to leave La Chaise Dieu tomorrow.  Started the day with a walk after breakfast to a village called Malieres.

VIEW OF THE FERTILE COUNTRYSIDE AS WE WALKED ALONG

There were a few children and dogs in the street when we got there but generally very quiet and sleepy.
This little boy rode to the edge of town before returning. His little brother was just as as adventurous.

 There was a cemetery just past here and we admired the big family stones that filled the area, all neat and up to date.  Further on there was a special cross at an intersection that was built in the 17th C to celebrate the town being saved from the plague.

It was claimed that Julius Caesar passed through here when quashing the revolt of the Gauls.  I should have read about that in 1954 studying Caesar's Gallic Wars. We had a special lunch at the posh pub where Marie France gave assistance to Marg when she needed English speaking local.