The Loire Valley to Aquitaine
September 17th 2010 Hi again,
Thursday 9th September
Leaving the city behind we headed due south for 100km towards the city of Orleans, famous for Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) a young peasant girl who led the armies of Charles VII of France against the English in the Hundred Years war in 1429, she is also known as the Maid of Orleans.
The intention was to follow the Loire from Orleans to Saumur and take in a few
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