Part 3: Montsegur  

SOUTHERN FRANCE, 2007 AD: Colin James McKinlay (X) and Peter le Cochon set out to look for empirical evidence that four Cathars transported a legendary treasure from a fortification at Montsegur to nearby Rennes le Chateau (where it was possibly discovered by Abbot Francis Berenger Sauniere).

"The last 200+ Cathars surrendered to the stake here -- that is nothing to joke about."-- CJM

Thistles, a thorny metaphor for the horrific genocide on this slope 800 years ago.

And... so we leave the "Grail-Mobile" and all our joking behind us. And, climb.

This is a terrible place to contemplate

Its' walls are now dead and silent...

... where children once played.

Did the four actually escape?

Beside the stairs, another "X", a sign of Mankind, the Greatest Fool in the Universe.