During our time here in 2015, we came to realize that for such a small village, there's quite a lot to enjoy in La Bastide sur l'Hers in summer. On a daily basis, we enjoyed
croissants,
pains au chocolat, maple and pecan slices, and fresh bread from the local
boulangerie. We could also buy provisions from a
tabac, an
épicerie, and a
boucherie, have a drink and/or an ice cream (though sadly no 'real' food) at our local bar, and there is even a post office!
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| Richard looks born to be here in a colour-coordinated outfit at the local bar |
One day at the end of July, we woke to find preparations being made for the village
fête, a four night festival of live music and scantily clad dancing girls
(ooh la la!) until 2 o'clock in the morning.
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| Village fête |
Also as local residents, we enjoyed being able to use the swimming pool at the
village vacances by purchasing tickets at the
mairie for a nominal fee, very handy on a hot summer's day.
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| Village pool |
And for a pretty countryside walk, we discovered a
voie verte ran behind the village. A
voie verte is a green way or path, in this case an old 38km railway line from Lavelanet to Mirepoix that has been transformed into a walking, cycling and horse-riding path. We aborted several walks along here because of rain but we did make it to the neighbouring village, Le Peyrat, a few times. We are looking forward to getting a couple of bikes and cycling all the way to Mirepoix!
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| A long wait for the next train at the old train station on the voie verte |
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