We have stopped tonight in a town called Digoin, which is on the upper reaches of the river Loire. We have a view of the river from the van and it is rather lovely. The weather has been fantastic today, and we have spent this afternoon ambling around town, followed by a cold drink in a café on the town square. This is the life!
Yesterday we put the van through its paces in the mountains for the first time climbing to around 1000m and as if as a reward for last week it did superbly. We skirted the edge of the Auvergne and had some great views of the old volcanoes around the Puy de Dome. We arrived in the pretty Auvergne town of Aigueperse in torrential rain, and were soon being deafened by the thunder. Being truly British, after the worst had passed through, we donned our waterproofs, got out the umbrellas and went off to explore….we were still drying our shoes today!
Over the weekend we finally made it out of Limoges and up to the lake we were aiming for last week. It was good to be back and I was pleased to find it had lost none of its charm from those family holidays years ago. We did some walking and cycling through the forests and around the reservoirs and had a much needed wind down from last week. On Sunday I left Chris fixing his bike and decided to cycle up to the lake and then as it was so lovely (see picture) cycled all the way round. I had a super day but very tired legs after the 40km round trip and lots of hills. I will certainly be quite fit by the end of this year!
So over the next week or so it is on to the black forest and southern Germany (fingers crossed as none of my projected destinations on here seem to be accurate). Although France has been great I am quite excited to leave and move on to new places.
When I started this entry I intended to wrote a bit about my impressions of France and in particular my love of the blue shutters that are everywhere, and a simlar colour to the allotment shed. When I tried to explain it sounded a bit lame but I just liked the title anyway so have left it! Maybe it would make a good book title ???
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