We are now in the Loire Valley, staying at a camping ground somewhere out in the vineyards. We are about 12 kilometres from Saumur. It is called Camping le Thouet and it is near a village called Montreuil-Bellay. We have the company of one motor home in a large sodden field, with a river on one side and a large house with many outbuildings on the other. The facilities are pretty basic but then the camping ground is open so we are feeling fortunate. The owner is English and looks as he has stepped off a farm somewhere in rural England. It all may look much better in the morning.
We went to Saumur this evening to get the washing done in the Laundromat and luckily it was opposite a really trendy bar so we were able to have a few drinks while we waited. Then we found a restaurant open (life was getting better) where the hospitality and the food was very good. I had a large steak, which was very tender, Darren had choucroute and sausages and Walter had choucroute and a ham hock. The wine was local (Saumur) and very drinkable. We left feeling very full and happy.
Tomorrow it will be a day visiting Chateaux. That is after we clean all the mayonnaise off our coats which we acquired from two picnics in Paris.
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