Thanks Richard, we are there now. I have been before on one of Peter Wrights trips.
I'm afraid I thought it macabre ghoulish and horrid. Others will disagree snd Cherry has gone in for a gander while I sit in the sun.
Buggered old geezer does France...
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I'm afraid I thought it macabre ghoulish and horrid. Others will disagree snd Cherry has gone in for a gander while I sit in the sun.
IIRC we intended to visit Fort Douaumont Gerry but it was closed that day for some reason so we visited Fort de Vaux. Douaumont is the biggie though ... https://memorial-verdun.fr/museecollections/la-visite/decouvrez-champ-de-bataille-de-verdun
Remember the MV Tricolor....
So trundled down genrtly in the sun. Stuck to back roads in the main, and thus realised how crowded UK is!
Loads of space and no one in it. Acres of empty fields. Interested to see how far advanced the harvest is...even some ploughed after combining.
Arrived at our next lodgings at a far more civilised 1630...
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Loads of space and no one in it. Acres of empty fields. Interested to see how far advanced the harvest is...even some ploughed after combining.
Arrived at our next lodgings at a far more civilised 1630...
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View fom the room balcony ...
View out the other window showing the terrace and a bit of the water wheel..
An interesting run down the NVS...Nationale Voie Sacre.
This was the road down which thousands....and thousands...of french soldiers went to their deaths in the battle of Verdun.
I'd always understood it was the only road in France not to have a number, always referred to as the Voie Sacree, but I see the French, true to form , have succumbed to their love of 'order' and it is now the D1916.
They have a great regard for mileposts, although as they have yet to discover the joy of miles and yards, I suppose they are kilometer posts. The ones on the NVS are particularly ornate...
This was the road down which thousands....and thousands...of french soldiers went to their deaths in the battle of Verdun.
I'd always understood it was the only road in France not to have a number, always referred to as the Voie Sacree, but I see the French, true to form , have succumbed to their love of 'order' and it is now the D1916.
They have a great regard for mileposts, although as they have yet to discover the joy of miles and yards, I suppose they are kilometer posts. The ones on the NVS are particularly ornate...
Good tip about the hotel at Avallon, thank you.
Good class of clientele here....
Delicious foie gras....I know, I know....I just love it. Now get off my case.
Lovely old converted water mill in the delightful Cousin valley.
Recommended.
Recommended.
A leisurely day footling round in the Morvan tomorrow....back here tmrw night.
Is that like pootling but on foot ? Bit like a slow walk ?
It’s the movement version of rootling, as in “I was rootling around in my bag and found this….”
.....shirley then that would be wootling?Is that like pootling but on foot ? Bit like a slow walk ?
Surely that would be furtling?
In order to prevent my faithful legion of followers becoming too vexed....or indeed vexatious....I should clarify that we were in fact 'vootling'
That is to say ALL of the above, but in a Volvo.
Let that be an end to it.
That is to say ALL of the above, but in a Volvo.
Let that be an end to it.
A grand day vootling about in the Morvan.
I know wappo has written about this region in the past but it's a great place to spend a few days.
Nice quiet roads, hilltop towns, stone buildings, shutters, gentle agricultural carying on charming villages....and no traffic, or folk. UK is crowded to bursting.... this place has space to spare.
Wifi too slow on le terrasse....I'll try again later...
I know wappo has written about this region in the past but it's a great place to spend a few days.
Nice quiet roads, hilltop towns, stone buildings, shutters, gentle agricultural carying on charming villages....and no traffic, or folk. UK is crowded to bursting.... this place has space to spare.
Wifi too slow on le terrasse....I'll try again later...
