Having done a long drive in the rain on Sunday , we decided to slow up on Monday. After showers and breakfast we drove to the front gate of the campsite where we could get some Wi-Fi reception and sat there for a good 40 minutes sending the last blog and catching up a little on world affairs. At 10am we drove south to Valencay to try and find a supermarket. It wasn’t a Sunday, nor a public holiday; it was an ordinary Monday, but yet again everything was shut and there were no cars or people on the streets. So we peeked at the Chateau de Valencay through the decorative gates and then drove north out of town.
Mon Dieu!!! The Intermarche supermarket was actually open!!!! We stocked up on goodies and made sure we had enough for a few days, as it is another public holiday on Tuesday. Unbelievably, there is also a public holiday next week on the 17th and another on the 28th. We really are starting to wonder about the economy of this country…!
We arrived in Cheverny and collected lots of leaflets from the local tourism centre (which was open) and then had a stroll around a couple of streets, before driving out to the edge of town, to the Les Saules campsite. We spent the whole afternoon researching which chateaus to visit in the area and Rodney cooked up a lasagne which turned out to be a cottage pie…..? Rodney’s schoolboy French still has a long way to go……
It’s now Tuesday morning and it’s raining again, so our plans to cycle back in to Cheverny have gone down the latrine. Apparently the interior is stunning, so we’ll drive in , rather than cycle and have an indoor day…….