33 Miles
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| More sunflowers! |
James
Very hot today, finally the sun is back!
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| A mule. We have only seen them in the zoo before. |
Susie
A big detour off the Loire to visit our first Chateau, Chambord. We passed a tiny house on the way that said it is for Vignes to stay in, but we don't know what Vignes are. They have a horse apparently. It lives in the house too.
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| James, pretending he is a Vigne |
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| A post-holiday google translation reveals they are farmers with widely scattered vine fields |
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| The driveway to Chambord |
Along Loire valley to start with then went to Chambord Castle which was Very Big and Impressive!
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| Château de Chambord by James |
Chambord is amazing, not at all what I expected. Like a mix of Sleeping Beauty's castle, Alice in Wonderland and Gaudi.
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| On the roof of the castle |
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| James in the Antler room |
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| The double helix staircase |
It has a double helix staircase they think may have been designed by Leonardo da vinci (he lived near here at the time)
If you start at opposite sides you never meet
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| Château de Chambord by Susie |
We had a long ride afterwards on through the edge of Blois to a little campsite in Chailles.
Campsite is small and nice near Blois. Chicken for Dinner Yum!
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| Campsite where we first saw the beast. |
A mysterious beast came snuffling round our tent late at night, so we had to get up and find a metal bin for our rubbish. (This is the first encounter with 'the Beast')
Zoomable map View In Google Maps |
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