French country roads on a bank holiday weekend - fringed with lovely red poppies

Lovely drive to Chartres.

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June 8th 2014
Bob had very carefully chosen our route from Le Crotoy to Chartres taking special care in working out how to get across the Seine river which is never terribly straightforward. Rouen is the obvious route across but we hate Rouen, for a couple of reasons after problems there on previous trips, so do our very best to avoid it. Today’s route was absolutely excellent. The weather was drop dead b ... read more

Europe » France » Centre » Chartres

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