Jura village - would have liked to stop but a lorry had broken down on the roundabout and was causing chaos

Dole to Lake Annecy – a rather misty day

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September 5th 2016
Today’s travel blog is brief. Weather forecast had promised overcast and overcast is what we got. A shame as a drive through the Jura to the Alpine foothills would be stunning on a sunny day but nothing like as much so when all mountain, and even hill tops, were covered by low cloud and quite a bit of drizzle though that eased off as we went on our way. Oddly enough it rained last time we dr ... read more

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