Byways in France
August is a much maligned month for continental touring. If you are going to follow the standard routes to the Mediterranean or Brittany you will certainly meet with a great many fellow-travellers, but only a little forethought will show you how to avoid the main tre'c-lanes and find the way to peace and quiet. France is the happkst kind of hunting-ground for quiet places and little-worn paths. For instance there is the road that runs down the centre of the country through Bourges (itself known as the Centre of France) and over the Auvergnes and Cevennes down to the ea ;tern end of the Pyrenees, a Soo-mile journey in which you will see real France at home and in all probability no visiting strangers at all. Or the western route, by Limoges and the beautiful Limousin, a district of oak-grown hills and winding rivers, into Perigord and down by Agen to the other end of the Pyrenees at St. Jean-Pied-de-Port. The drive through the mountains over the famous passts or the less ambitious road along the foothills is one you are not likely to forget.
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