25th August

No, our laptop hasn't died (touch wood), we've just not been blogging! We have been round the chateau, which was very impressive. After another failed attempt at getting into the restaurant serving Moules Frites on Sunday night we finally managed it, third time lucky, on Monday evening (after a couple of free glasses of locally made sparkling wine at the wine tasting - yes, we did say free, happy days!) and they were absolutely fantastic. The first ones in Honfleur were very nice, but not a patch in comparison to these.

On Tuesday we saddled up and went on our bikes to Saumur. We were merrily following a walkway, but it ended at one point and we did our regular thing and got lost. However, we found our way again and made it to the town. We went up to the chateau first at the top of the hill and had lunch sitting on the grass admiring the view. We then went into the town centre for a pleasant bit of wandering around, before cycling back. Approximately 28 miles of cycling - not too bad. We made dinner in the van again, washed down with another nice bottle of Saumur wine (for info, all the wines from this region have been lovely!).

Today was supposed to be very hot, but hasn't turned out that way. We live in hope, but in the meantime, Andy is off for a run that will be a lot cooler than the last few.