We left Rocamadour at 7.30 without
breakfast and cycled up the valley in the half light
to catch the 9.12 train. We had planned to eat while
we were waiting, but the station is in the middle of
nowhere. The train didn’t arrive. After half an
hour there was an announcement. We couldn't understand
it, but a waiting passenger told us the train had been
replaced by a bus. After another hour or so a minibus
arrived.
The driver at first refused to take the bikes on the
grounds that he had to pick up more passengers at the
down-line stations. We insisted and he finally allowed
us to put them in the narrow aisle; or rather he didn't
physically prevent us. As it happened there were
no more passengers.
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