Le Champ Des Oiseaux
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Run to the sun
... times and also a local chap driving in front of us to show us the way we couldn't get to the camp site because of the low bridges. The top of the bus got some scratches on it because of tree branches and we also got a lot of funny looks as we drove along the sea front.
We have had a great deal of support as we have been traveling along the moterways with cars and trucks blowing there horns. ( I think it's ...
A Mediaeval Evening
... small, but it is a place to sleep and we are really only here for the village scenery...
We go out into the streets and it has just gone dark, the lights are beginning to illuminate the buildings and it really is a nice place to walk around and see the buildings as they have been for many hundreds of years. It is a pity to see those houses that have succombed to time and are held up by the builders posts and struts, etc. Some are even condemned ...
Lots of water and forest, Vic loved it!
We left Airvault & drove most of the day, it felt like it anyway! I suggested the Forest Du Lac area, a national park, for Vic, thought he would love it there. The area is a big national park surrounding an enormous lake. The first campsite we tried, fully booked! We drove a little bit further aroung the lake and got on the second ...
Olympic outfit purchased
With Olympic fever starting to wind up...especially as this house only has UK TV...and the fact we were in a town that is the world centre of 'factory outlets', I decided to buy a new 'outfit' for the Games. I can't let the secret out of the bag but it was tough. We will be at the Volleyball and not sure who will be playing?? Plus the team colours you can buy ...
Wood
... stew instead, and then we found our favourite chocolate store was closed, so that the time to leave
There was one place left to visit, and it was back in France, Fromelles.
We had been here before to see the various WW1 monuments, but in 2010, a new cemetery had been opened as a load of bodies had been found from the battle of Fromelles, dna samples from relatives in Australia were taken, names were put to bodies, and bodies were finally laid ...