The Donjon of Montcuq is the perfect setting for an evening picnic. A group of 13 of us (lucky, not unlucky) bringing a dish of food each collected together with other groups of picnickers and enjoyed the evening sunshine, the setting and the ambiance to share our picnic with a few dozen hungry wasps.
Our reading group had decided that we would throw in an additional book this summer, a bit of good old English Shakespeare, and go and watch a performance. Each year a group of players, Antic Disposition, lay on several outdoor performances for the entertainment of the British and the bemusement of the French, in various villages throughout Quercy. This year’s play was Much Ado About Nothing.
As we enjoyed Beatrice and Benedick’s verbal sparring and Claudio and Hero’s love affair, the sun set in the most beautiful way in the background.
We had elected not to sit on the benches provided but placed our own, more comfortable, picnic chairs in the ‘dress circle’ a flat area on the way up to the donjon, offering us this excellent view of the stage with the sunset in the background. A magical night.
