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Day 6: Saint-Émilion to Carcassonne, 10 June 2023
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Oliver and Elke Treutlein, 1931 Bentley 4/8 litre
Tomasz Dzitko and Beata Siwek , 1973 MGB GT
Time Control in the Michelin starred Château de Mercuès.
High above the River Lot, the crews sat down to a
selection of lunchtime treats before taking a turn around
the perfectly manicured gardens and admiring the views
over the valley below.
The post lunch schedule was a fairly light one giving
us plenty of time to enjoy the roads. Many were bounded
by the iconic plane tree, providing welcome shade for us,
as they have done for travellers over hundreds of years
previously. We crossed the Rivers Aveyron and Tarn before
tackling the last Section of the day through Lacapelle. Here
the road climbed out of the trees just enough to give us
occasional glimpses over the valley of the Agour, before we
dropped into a most authentic Passage Control in the Bar
Espéranza in Damiatte.
The day was all but finished so, after a coffee or two, the
crews climbed aboard their chariots and, via the foothills
of the Montagne Noire, made for the night halt in the Hôtel
du Roi, Carcassonne. We were joined by one of our Ypres
to Istanbul Challenge crews, Phil and Laurette McWhirter,
who sat down to dinner with us on the terrace of the hotel
overlooking the walls of the old city.
Beat Erni and Barbara Mahrenholz, 1963 Sunbeam Alpine
Martin and Olivia Hunt, 1937 Frazer Nash-BMW 328
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