Varen – PR2 Le Chemin de Cadies

Cowslips

An easy walk, made all the more easier by missing the path and thereby missing a couple of kilometres, which was a shame as we were enjoying ourselves.  The walk (if you do it properly) is 10kms in total and should take 3 hours.  It is a circular walk.  Parking in the car park by the school it is easy to pick out the PR2 signs.  It begins with a gradual climb up a road.  A lot of the walk is on roads, but these were quiet and the views stunning.  It seemed we had the countryside to ourselves – mind you it was Sunday lunchtime! The route goes past Les Jardins de Quercy.  We wanted to have a look around, but the gardens are closed until 13^th May.  We picnicked sat on a dry stone wall overlooking the gardens.  It was a beautiful spring day and the fields were full of cowslips.  All too soon we could see the spire of the church at Varen and that’s when we realised we had missed the path!  Still it meant we spent a pleasant half hour sat in the sun by the river.  The walk was taken from 38 Randonees – Tarn &Garonne, which we bought from the library in Varen.