Dordogne to the Loire today so a long 400km drive but a lovely blue sky day for it.
September 21st 2017 Bob had warned me that we needed, unusually, to use the motorways a lot today as otherwise the drive would take too long. Still avoiding the toll roads though as we rarely need to use those.
A most uneventful drive. Nice to see the sun shining all the way as we drove through the countryside, through a few small towns and villages and bypassing others. The valley of the Dordogne river was f
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D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
Wow
That is a large flock of birds.