Abbaye and Meillant Château
Got up a little later. Did a tour round about the area and found an interesting and extremely ancient Abbaye - it had the original stone floor of the 10th, and colours decorated with animals, birds etc., including an excellent representation of the Temptation - which was really animated. We managed to get to Dun-sur-Auron, there was a Saturday market and we had a very nice lunch in an old beamed restaurant - very reasonable - pizzas & salad, and me sorbets to finish. Bill, having started the day with the runs, continued in the same vein so after visiting Meillans château - interesting ceilings, and leather wall coverings - we returned to D.S. Auron for some pills. Drove back to the camp rather quickly to avoid any disaster! Couldn’t sleep much because of rowdy people at the bar! I think they were the itinerants and the hangers-on at the bar. It seemed a good idea at the time to camp on that spot - but it’s lost its glamour! Very hot again all day.
FRANCE 27 JUNE - 04 AUGUST 1989 holiday overview
- Crossing the Channel on the 'Reine Matilde'
- Rain in Caen and the tomb of William the Conqueror
- Lost spare keys and "where the 'ell are we?!"
- Wine at lunchtime, sleep, walk around the Dahouët port, cards
- First swim. Still no keys.
- Château Bienassis & Church St Jacques Majeur & Port Morvan
- A swim and a drink/welcome by local mayor
- Forte-la-Latte & Cap-Fréhel & St. Cast
- Our Dutch friends' story of 1944 Germany
- Château de la Hunaudaye
- A 4 hour walk with our Dutch friends in Erquy
- Cliff-walk in Val André & Listening to tennis
- Route to Carnac
- Market at Trinité-sur-Mer with Wendy and Trevor
- Doing the washing at a laundrette
- Grotte de Apothicairie on Belle-Île off Quiberon peninsula
- Re-enactment of French Revolution with Bagad players and fireworks
- Late morning, bank, shopping for wine glass and nice meal
- Nice meal in Carnac with Wendy and Trevor
- Étel, Kerhillio, and Port Louis
- Shopping in Cholet, Bill fishing, calling Maxine & Zoë
- Communal shower, cheap dresses on market, and cheap wine
- Villegongis and Tallyrand's Valençay
- Brenne & Boules with Sammy Davis Jnr look-a-like
- Journey to Vichy
- Tennis, petanque & St.Germain
- Visiting Paul & Yvette in St.Germain in their beautiful 100 year old house
- Vichy centre & repairing broken wheel
- Wheel is back & Traffic controller's strike
- Moulins Cathedrale and new campsite in Bourges
- Visiting Bourges Cathedrale and Roman crypt
- Abbaye and Meillant Château
- Journey to Nogent and a rainy new campsite
- Montmirail château
- Another circuit touristique in St Cyr-la-Rosière
- Moving back to Falaise via Alençon
- Last minute beach at Caen before uneventful ferry crossing
- Meal with Chris & Maxine & Zoë for anniversary