A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
All the climbing up to Loudon had a payoff, a huge descent down to Availles-Limouzine, a beautiful village by the side of La Vienne. I was tired and although there appeared to be a campsite opposite the village I decided to eat first since it was about 12.30. I'm so glad I did.
This was the nicest food you can imagine. The restaurant was great. It's the Auberge de la Châtellenie and is also a hotel. Nice linen, nice crockery and lovely people. I was liquid, sweaty and stained and neither the waiter nor the other diners batted an eyelid. If you click on this photo I've made a collage of what I ate, since it deserved being photographed. It was:
a kir pêche for an aperatif, this plate of 'plaise-bouche', tornedos rossini (filet mignon with mushrooms, crouton and foie gras), an amazing pudding with crispy biscuit, raspberries and cream with a mint sorbet heart, followed by a selection of almond things: a biscuit, a foam and a mousse. With a lovely rosé (paid for by the house). Followed by coffee. They even filled my water bottle with iced water, at their suggestion. Cost me 23€, money well spent for the pleasure involved.