Too hot to site in the sun, had to go under the awning

Lovely drive to Le Bourg d’Oisans in the Rhone-Alpes.

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September 7th 2016
Had such a lovely drive today. This is a beautiful region of France and nothing better to enjoy glorious Alpine scenery that a fantastic cornflower blue sky. Weather forecast had been suggesting this hot weather was going to turn to a storm. It seems to have contained itself and temperatures are now up to 30 and set to stay that way for days. Happy Joy and Bob. We drove first of all dow ... read more

Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes

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