Fougeres
Day 7
Distance travelled – 980kms
Weather – light cloud in morning and very sunny afternoon
Our detour to Fougeres was a great idea, we spent late morning and early afternoon walking around the city walls. Once again the shops were shut, if I didn’t know better I’d swear J plans our arrivals for lunch time!
On the way here we tried to stop at a supermarket but found the one satnav sent us to was very closed – pretty much an overgrown carpark with just the petrol station sign left to show there was once something there. Like the UK there do seem to be quite a few empty shops in towns, but the supermarkets are always busy.
After a few hours walking around the old town we stopped for a croque monsieur – of course – then headed back to the van. The morning cloud had burned away leaving Dave heating up in the sun. It reached a toasty 28c so pooch and I snoozed (after his antics on my watch last night we both had some catching up to do) while J went exploring on one of the bikes. He returned triumphant with a tin opener and a bottle of rose wine – which he’d brought back in the water bottle holder on the bike, it was a perfect fit and makes me wonder if the French planned it for that purpose rather than water.
The tin opener meant I was about to get my first experience of Cassoulet – think of dodgy ‘meat’ such as very cheap sausages, luncheon meat and something which looks like a lump of meat all served up in very cheap baked beans. I wasn’t very impressed, but J thought it was better than he remembered – note to self don’t trust J in the supermarket! I’m sure a homemade version with real food would be lovely, but it’s one to avoid from a tin.
In the evening we went for a stroll around the local quarry – not as bad as it sounds as it was filled with lovely greeny/blue water. We sat out in the sun and tucked into a 2euro bottle of pink wine (the expensive stuff) possibly a faux pas in France at 5pm, but we really don’t care!
Ju x
28 degrees you say…6 in Sheffield…Grrr!
31 today Rich. Roasting it is. Biere chilling, happy days.
Good job you won’t have to be out in your garden any more! Good luck for Monday. Ju x
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