Sites worth visiting, and in particular those who run
them. The people of the Périgord go out of their way to make you feel at home.
« You go halfway on foot and you walk the rest of the way
and you’ll save loads of time » Guy Pagès, a retired switchboard operator, Saint Cernin de Reilhac
Magical « Haricots Couenne » A scene from another age – the swearing in of two knights – took
place this summer beneath the towering walls of Paunat Abbey. A singularly strange
ceremony which we were authorized to film in the aroma of Paunat’s far-famed cauldron.
“Les haricots couenne de Paunat” are the carefully kept secret of an age-old recipe
of slow-cooked white beans and pork rind.
Entire parish welcomes new priest On this exceptional Sunday, Saint-Sulpice church was literally
packed to witness a pastoral transition : Father Gérard Blanc taking over from Father
Bernard Lambert and Father Julien Charrier as the new priest of the parish of Saint-Martin-sur-Vézère.
