Trigodina truffle farm. Now harvesting.

[robertt]

Hi all. I know it's a little late in the year for pilgrims, but, for anyone in the vicinity of Cahors, the Trigodina gite and truffle farm are having a boom harvest of truffles. The owner, Remy, has just contacted me and sent photos. I've blogged it here.
http://slowcamino.wordpress.com/2010/12 ... le-update/

Perhaps it's just me, but I find the whole business of truffles enthralling. Get there now if you are passing along the GR. Wish I could!

Best to all

Rob

 

[Anniesantiago]

Oh my gosh.. that's like finding a goldmine!
I didn't realize it was such a great year for truffles!
Nice link. Thanks!

 

[JRWillis]

Rob,
Thank you so much for your comments on the new truffle harvest. It lead me to your SlowCamino blogsite . I have spent my morning sipping coffee and reading your blog and viewing your wonderful photographs. Several years ago my daughter was an exchange student in Orthez,the Bearn region and I explored most of the areas you have described. What a wonderful step into the past this was for me! Your efforts and the posts of other Forum members bring such joy. And as for time ... as a fellow dawdler I appreciate and laud your sentiment. I too prefer to linger and float like a will'o-the-wisp, much to the chagrin of others. This is of course a contrarian attitude ...perhaps as an antidote to the swift passage of time (I am older now and have paid my dues) and the "needs must" practicalities of life that drag us reluctantly back to our fiscal and family duties. However, with luck and their indulgence I am booking off a full two months in 2012 to follow a route to Santiago ... as yet undecided but most likely the VDLP. I raise my coffee cup to you in a salute to the slow enjoyment of life's beauty.
Judy

 

[robertt]

Judy,

Glad to hear of your fondness for the Bearn. It doesn't get many mentions, except from certain steak-sauce enthusiasts, but I can easily see how you were able to spend so much time there. The Kiwinomad has suggested it would be a good starting-off point for the Camino Frances, rather than the foot of the Pyrenees in SJPDP. It's not so steep and so wet as the Pays Basque, and a touch more scenic than the Landes. I loved the Bearn.

Please be advised that serious dawdling requires a massive lack of focus and determination. It should not be undertaken lightly. Many have boasted of their capacity for slow progress and frequent rest days, but it requires a special set of Omega Male attitudes to complete the Le Puy route in well over fifty days with no weight loss.

Anyway, keep us posted on your preparations. My rural property here is scandalously overgrown - so I'm off to make another cup of tea so I can watch it get more overgrown.

Rob

 

[Caminando]

The Italians have a "Slow Cooking" movement. Slow caminos seem to be catching on - a healthy sign.

Let's have more of this