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Europe » France » Centre » Suevres June 28th 2016

Forecast was sunshine but it was raining a little when we got up so no problem going in Tandy to the supermarket to get our take home shop. There's an Intermarche the other side of Beaugency we've used a few times so we drove along to there and stocked up with Bob's wine supplies for the summer. Then off to the Chateau at Cheverny as we've not visited it before. Perfect timing as we arrived and found a nice big free carpark just for motorhomes, the sun came out again. Had a lovely visit. Saw the rather lovely hunting hounds and then the Kitchen Gardens which are wonderful. Then off to the cafe for lunch before a touring the chateau itself. An excellent finale to what has turned out to be a very good holiday.... read more
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Europe » France » Centre » Suevres June 27th 2016

Driving day today. Perfectly scheduled as this was the wetter day of the week. Always nicer to have dry weather for our 'onsite' days. Pleasant drive through the countryside admiring the change from the sandy coloured buildings of the Dordogne to the limestone of the Loire. We were heading for the campsite Chateau de la Grenouillere - at Suevres just to the East of Blois and following the Loire. We're stopped here a couple of times but not for a while. Lovely spot. It suffered a bad flood at the end of May (Chambord was also inundated at the same period) and lots of the grounds show this. Looks a little like a building site in places with the flood repairs and also the number of new chalets which are being built in the grounds - ... read more
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