Getting car back & Château de Chinon
Bill phoned Euro Assiste and the car came back within the hour. We quickly got ready and went to Chinon to take the garageur (?) back to Chinon, he’d got some vintage Citroens in the garage, which he said all worked. We parked the car opposite the Château - very pretty town and château site. Had a very good lunch next to the château, for 39.90f. Artichokes in vinaigret, steak lachés & frites (omelette pour mois), cheese - Rochefort no less! Almond tart (Bill - crême caramel) coffee & a beer! English spoken tour of the château - it was where Jeanne D’Arc met the Dauphin of France. She stayed there for 48 days. Weather beautiful - not too hot. Lovely views - but I hadn’t got my camera. Went and had coffee with our French amis and looked over their caravan - it’s very nice indeed. They live at Bourges near the Belgian border. I sprayed the tent well before going to bed, so had a good night’s sleep.
Le Chateau De Chinon
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!