Spooky station, les Eyzies

Spooky station, les Eyzies

River mists in the mornings are a frequent and visually attractive phenomenon in the Vézère valley. Our brief visit coincided with the September Atlantic storms, so mornings had visibility reduced by heavy rainfall, not mist.

But there was one day when we were walking back from our evening meal when the rain stopped, and a light mist developed. From the level crossing, there was a view down the line to the small railway station. Its lights were all on, though the line was then closed for engineering works.

The mist was given an unearthly glow, tinted a spectral green by the station lights, and orange by those of the nearby road.