Outside Mansle there is a fork, where one goes to the left. The trees lining the road have their trunks covered with velvety moss, which forms a beautiful contrast to the pale blues, browns, and purply greens of the distant country.
After passing Tourriers, where there are imposing ruins of a château and a church of the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, a short run brings Angoulême in sight, with the Touvre joining the Charente in the foreground.
SECTION VIII
ANGOULÊME TO BERGERAC, 84 MILES
(135 KILOMETRES)
DISTANCES ALONG THE ROUTE
| Kil. | Miles. | |
| Angoulême to Dignac | 15 | 9½ |
| Dignac to Mareuil | 21 | 13 |
| Mareuil to Brantôme | 20 | 12¼ |
| Brantôme to Château-l’Évêque | 15 | 9½ |
| Château-l’Évêque to Périgueux | 10 | 6¼ |
| Périgueux to Vergt | 22 | 13½ |
| Vergt to Bergerac | 32 | 20 |
NOTES FOR DRIVERS
Angoulême to Périgueux.—A hilly road, with two level stretches between La Rochebeaucourt and Monsec, and between Puy-de-Fourches and Périgueux.
A long climb out of Périgueux, with an easy descent to Vergt through the forest. For a long distance the road winds through a beautiful valley.
PLACES OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE
Angoulême.—A considerable town on a raised tabular space, surrounded by boulevards on site of ramparts; Romanesque cathedral, 1110-1130, with ornate west front; Évêché of same period, but greatly restored and altered; Hôtel de Ville built 1858-1866, incorporating two towers of the feudal castle, and contains the museum.