Ibis Issoire
Rue Jean Bigot Issoire, Auvergne, 63500, France
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High on a hill stood a campsite......
... with large Brit Camper! Hmmm
The pissoir is still in place, along with the bar and a very pretty little village. Himself wants lunch but it twas only 10.30 again!
Moved on, we were hoping to stay in Anse and after trip to supermarket went to check out site – not our thing at all- very industrial and full of kids/pools/and activities! Himself said he wouldn’t mind a bit o driving and herself said as long as they ...
Nice lazy day
Little to report today beyond the meagreness of the hotel breakfast (which meant I had to go straight out to get another one from a café) and that I spent several hours in a Cyber Gaming Café updating this blog while surrounded by a crowd of crazy gamers, playing across networks and screaming at each other and their screens ... but I guess it keeps them off the street ;)
This is what a rest day should feel like - just chilling out, updating the blog, catching ...
Mountains on the Horizon
... the square scoffing and watching the world go by. A old chap chatted with me for a bit and of course mentioned the weather: "il fait chaud", he said, and he was right, as the day got hotter and hotter.
Change of tactics today as I was riding on the D2009, a major route downgraded from the N9. I figured that being a weekend I wouldn't see too many big trucks. And the plan worked well because I was on a smooth surface and travelling ...
Getting further North now
Thursday 21 April
Fairly leisurely start to the day, with a supermarket visit at coffee time. Then an amazing journey through the mountains, wooded valleys, steep zig-zag passes, big plateaux. Lunch by the river. Eventually hit the free A75 ...
Le Massif Central
What a spectacular journey up the A75 to this campsite, situated on the outskirts of Clermont-Ferrand. The free (unusually for France) motorway snakes up and down mountain passes, right up through the centre of France. The highest point is 1100 metres but the highlight was crossing the Milau viaduct. The structure gives the impression that you are floating above the villages, which are way, way down in the valley below you.
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