Calmer weather - campsite at Bourgueil
Weather improved - but not campsite - sat and discussed where to go, well sort of! Came across the top of Tours and after stopping for lunch, ended up at Bourgueil because we couldn’t find a campsite anywhere else! Old site - usual style but not bad - there’s a new block, quite a walk but seems O.K. It’s a normal French 2-star. It has a lake in which one can swim - a children’s play area, a sandy beach, a bar, a tennis court and a mini-golf. When we left Cheverny, we got to the place, where we’d seen the tree on the car, and the lightning had struck about 8 trees and chopped them right off - even large ones were split and torn to matchsticks nearly! We’d only been about 100 yards away! The exhaust on the car has gone, but I found the garage about 100 yards up the road did ‘éppanages’ so it looks as if mini-golf and /or tennis is the order of the day. They do have nice tall trees on these old sites.
FRANCE 03 JULY - 04 AUGUST 1988 holiday overview
- Zoë growing up; arriving in Falaise
- Tour from Falaise to Putanges
- From Bougé to Angoulême
- Cold shower and Moulin De Fleurac
- Boggy sites but good meals and pool
- Villeréal - a bastide town
- Losing Bill at Biron; Moving to Monpazier
- Moved site again; ran into friend
- Two enormous castles: Gavaudun and Bonaguil
- From Monpazier to the Abbey at Cadouin
- Picnic in the Old Port of Bergerac
- New campsite at St.Céré & lovely town with fish feeder
- Castle of St.Laurent & The incomparable Gouffre de Padirac
- Jean Lurçat exhibition
- Getting lost on the way to new campsite in Faux-la-Montagne
- Lake Vassivière and the Tour de France
- Discovered a dolmen & Learning swearwords
- Camping at Cheverny and massive rainstorm
- Calmer weather - campsite at Bourgueil
- Broken exhaust & Bill's bad foot
- Walked to Market in Bourgueil
- Getting car back & Château de Chinon
- Château d'Ussé and Château d'Azay-le-Rideau
- On the road again - campsite in St.Suzanne
- Local cattle show with large bull creating havoc
- Basilica of Evron & a joust at the Château of St.Suzanne
- Chilly weather and mist in Falaise
- Manoir de Coupesarte & Château de Vendeuvre
- Lunch with Chris and Maxine and then home!