When we arrived at Camping La Sagne we chose a pitch and were subsequently told that our pitch had been booked from Sunday and we would then need to move. Sunday has arrived (Easter Sunday) on the back of 24 hours of heavy rain.

We moved Basil off our pitch, with the intention of moving to a new one, only to find that the big boned fellow had sunk into the sodden grass. We got him off with difficulty and plenty of wheel spin but decided moving onto another pitch was asking for trouble and it would be safer to move to an aire which usually have hard standing.

Having obtained a refund from reception for our unused day we set off for Montignac, which I had identified as being a pretty town, on the River Vezere, with a good aire.

The drive through continuing rain was only 40 minutes but as we crossed the Vezere at Montignac we could see the river had burst its banks and parts of the village were flooded. Fortunately the aire (45.067909, 1.165492 €10 including electric) was unaffected.

We quickly recce’d the flooded river to ascertain whether the aire was in any danger of flooding. We made a mental note of the river’s edge and when we returned 3 hours later we were reassured to find that the river had not risen.

Later we donned full waterproofs (it really was that wet) and had a quick explore of the village. It had its fair share of pretty wood framed houses but Montignac’s main claim to fame is that it is the nearest village to Lascaux, the famous caves containing rock paintings 20,000 years old.

The original cave was closed to visitors many years ago but two replicas have been built in the vicinity. Skye is not allowed in but we don’t mind because we visited them many years ago.

We didn’t come to France for rain but we’re making the most of it!