Grapes ready for picking en route Ile de Re to the Pyrenees

Long drive from Ile de Re to the Gets region at Aignan.

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September 9th 2015
Up and off by 9am as drive of well over 200 miles to get us to within spitting distance of the Pyrenees. Bypassed La Rochelle using main roads but after that used far quieter roads including bypassing Bordeaux and crossing the Dordogne. Bob had let Tina TomTom plan her own route after instructing her to keep off the main roads and she did well. OK some roads were a wee bit on the small si ... read more

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