{"id":19154,"date":"2015-12-08T17:42:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T17:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=19154"},"modified":"2019-04-02T12:40:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T11:40:01","slug":"to-the-heart-of-it-moulins-central-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/to-the-heart-of-it-moulins-central-france\/","title":{"rendered":"To the Heart of It, Moulins, Central France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s in the middle, sat pretty much smack bang in the centre\u00a0of France at the river-side municipal aire in Moulins (N46.55741 E3.32520). It costs 10c an hour to stay here, a whole \u20ac2.40 per 24 hours. There are 7 or 8 vans in here now, and more are slowly arriving, a popular spot for a Tuesday in December. Oh, and it&#8217;s just started raining, which gives me the boyish feeling I used to get as a child,\u00a0being comfortable, safe and dry sat in a tent somewhere in Blighty.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19171\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08028-1024x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19171\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19171\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08028-1024x400-1024x400.jpg\" alt=\"The aire at Moulins\" width=\"620\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08028-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08028-1024x400-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The aire at Moulins<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After the dramatic views at the\u00a0Puy-de-D\u00f4me, our next stop was bound to suffer a little from the volcano&#8217;s shadow.\u00a0Our approach to driving is to try and keep to less than 2 hours a stint, ideally an hour, even 30 mins if we&#8217;re drifting between equally fabulous parking places (Greece, I&#8217;m on about Greece here, the <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/a-ghost-shipwreck-and-a-fortified-island-we-love-greece\/\">Peloponnese <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/an-eventful-drive-over-the-pelion-peninsular-greece\/\">Pelion Peninsular<\/a> in particular, where zero-hour drives were often preferred). So from the car park beneath the hill we prodded our satnav for a route to\u00a0Saint-Pour\u00e7ain-sur-Sioule (N46.31298 E3.29655), on the basis it had a great free aire, and meant a shorter drive to Jamie and Rosie&#8217;s place the next day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19176\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07992-1024x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19176\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19176\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07992-1024x400-1024x400.jpg\" alt=\"Motorhome aire at Saint-Pour\u00e7ain-sur-Sioule\" width=\"620\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07992-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07992-1024x400-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Motorhome aire at Saint-Pour\u00e7ain-sur-Sioule<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a whole 24-odd hours in Saint-Pour\u00e7ain, my memories of it will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sitting in a sun-filled cab watching kingfishers work the shallow river ahead of us<\/li>\n<li>Being shown photos of the stone-and-sea North Cape in Norway by our Dutch neighbour who&#8217;d driven there the year before (in June: hardly any snow and temperatures of about 15 degrees)<\/li>\n<li>Eating a \u20ac14 roast chicken over the course of 3 delicious meals &#8211; one of which consisted only\u00a0of chicken<\/li>\n<li>Being told afterwards that\u00a0Saint-Pour\u00e7ain&#8217;s wine has a local reputation of tasting like rat-cack, and no-one there buys the stuff (phew, neither did we)<\/li>\n<li>Watching a Frenchman walk out of his motorhome (which almost certainly has a toilet on board) and urinate onto the riverbank in front of anyone who cared to watch. We did better than that, grabbing a photo of the chap. To be fair to him: he doesn&#8217;t win a prize for oddest public urinator: that goes to the chap who ran out of a cafe to wee up a lampost in the alley we were walking down. Let me just check, this is Western Europe we&#8217;re in? Yup, we&#8217;re in one of the most civilised nations on Earth, go figure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_19169\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07982-1024x562.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19169\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19169\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07982-1024x562-1024x562.jpg\" alt=\"French man walks past toilet to piss in public. Not all Frenchmen do this, but enough do to start a 'spot the pisser' game on long car journeys\" width=\"620\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07982-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07982-1024x562-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">French man walks past toilet to piss in public. Not all Frenchmen do this, but enough do to make\u00a0a &#8216;spot the pisser&#8217; game a goer on long journeys<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19170\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07948-1024x641.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19170\" class=\"wp-image-19170 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07948-1024x641-1024x641.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07948 (1024x641)\" width=\"620\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07948-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07948-1024x641-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our first ever 3D motorhome aire sign, woo hoo!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19175\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07946-1024x539.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19175\" class=\"wp-image-19175 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07946-1024x539-1024x539.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07946 (1024x539)\" width=\"620\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07946-1024x539.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07946-1024x539-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Saint-Pour\u00e7ain aire is on a flood plain. Ju couldn&#8217;t get enough of the running man&#8217;s pose on the evacuation signs<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19166\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07950-1024x571.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19166\" class=\"wp-image-19166 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07950-1024x571-1024x571.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07950 (1024x571)\" width=\"620\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07950-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07950-1024x571-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Errrm? What exactly&#8217;s going on here? Even the bike looks worried!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07977-1024x512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19173\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07977-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07977 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07977-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07977-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19162\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07961-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19162\" class=\"wp-image-19162 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07961-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC07961 (1024x768)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07961-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07961-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07961-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC07961-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frenchmen, take note!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The following day we cruised off through France&#8217;s innards to Jamie and Rosie&#8217;s place. We had the good fortune to meet these guys a <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/lasagne-food-for-thought-at-bourbon-larchambault\/\">couple of years back<\/a> as we rebounded to the UK after 2 years on the road. They&#8217;d both travelled widely and were very open and honest with us about how we might expect to feel &#8216;re-integrating&#8217; into mainstream society (sounds dramatic, but that&#8217;s what was happening). They were very complimentary to us too, which gave our confidence a jackbooted kick up the butt, helping propel us back home and dive head first into the Blue Marble Project (the code name we came up with for hitting financial independence).<\/p>\n<p>The title of this post\u00a0is meant to have a clever double meaning, but I&#8217;m fairly sure I&#8217;m not clever enough to pull it off, so I&#8217;ll be out with it! Part of it is the fact we&#8217;re sat right in the centre of France, and part of it is down the fact we always get direct\u00a0and frank discussions with these guys; few punches are pulled. &#8220;What&#8217;s your long term plan?&#8221; &#8220;Why do you write a blog?&#8221; &#8220;Are you getting everything you want from your new travels?&#8221; &#8220;Do you recognise what a huge achievement it is to be in your position at your age?&#8221; I&#8217;m paraphrasing, but we ran through all of these questions over the course of a wonderful discussion between 3pm in the afternoon and midnight, fuelled on with an endless supply of boeuf bourguignon, gratin potatoes, rice pudding tea, wine, beer and mince pies.<\/p>\n<p>The questions were deadly well targeted. Yes &#8211; we do sometimes feel we&#8217;re missing something with the way we travel &#8211; in particular our fumbling language skills create a barrier between us and local people, so we see a great deal of architecture, food, wine, landscapes and so on, but get little direct insight into the folks on the ground. Their feelings, thoughts and ideas we miss. No &#8211; we don&#8217;t have a long term plan. 2016 is as planned as we want to make it, with an aim to spend some time in the Alps in Feb\/Mar before doing a run up through the Baltics and &#8216;over the top&#8217; through Finland and Norway (Adam and Sophie have done this trip so we&#8217;ll reference their <a href=\"http:\/\/EuropebyCamper.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EuropebyCamper.com<\/a> blog). As to whether it&#8217;s sunk in that we don&#8217;t need to work again, ever, the answer to that one has to be no. Inside I can&#8217;t help but think we&#8217;re heading home and I need to find a job. I don&#8217;t, but 30 years of conditioning can&#8217;t be wiped away in 60-odd days it seems. Yes &#8211; we do need another project, we just don&#8217;t know what it is yet.<\/p>\n<p>From time to time the conversation turned to them, their work and life plans. A couple of years back they were in a much more difficult place, dealing with family illness, grafting very hard and juggling other problems. The smiles and glinting eyes which greeted us this time tell of a turnaround. We couldn&#8217;t be more pleased for them: fantastic, generous, thoughtful people who deserve every success and comfort (hint hint: Jamie: you do need to finish that bathroom man! :-))<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19161\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08024-1024x677.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19161\" class=\"wp-image-19161 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08024-1024x677-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08024 (1024x677)\" width=\"620\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08024-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08024-1024x677-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamie and Rosie with their new-to-them 10 year old Hymer (which has done all of 7000 miles &#8211; it&#8217;s spanking new!) and their old faithful classic Hymer (which will be on the market next spring if you fancy life on t&#8217;open road). Happy travels guys!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Leaving their driveway we again felt elated. And a bit hungover to be truthful. Our\u00a0route back home was initially going to the west of Paris, but we&#8217;ve been that way more than once so have opted to go east, through the Champagne region. Various recommendations were quickly written down by Ju last night on her battered notepad, so we now have a rough idea where we&#8217;ll head the next few days as we line up Saint Omer in our sights for Charlie&#8217;s appointment with the vet next Tuesday. Moulins was on the route, and only 40 minutes away, so in we rolled, and out to wander the town, and back in. It&#8217;s now dark and Charlie has decided (by eating the choc drop to the left) that we should walk back into town for a cafe visit and a cheeky kebab. Good Mogwai.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19160\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08052-1024x769.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19160\" class=\"wp-image-19160 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08052-1024x769-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08052 (1024x769)\" width=\"620\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08052-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08052-1024x769-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08052-1024x769-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08052-1024x769-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was under the impression churches somehow self-cleaned, apparently not.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19155\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08060-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19155\" class=\"wp-image-19155 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08060-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08060 (1024x768)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08060-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08060-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08060-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08060-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who thinks of gargoyle designs? What&#8217;s the idea behind this bad boy spotted in Moulins?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19156\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08038-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19156\" class=\"wp-image-19156 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08038-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08038 (1024x768)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08038-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08038-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08038-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08038-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dali-esque garden in Moulins<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19157\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08033-1024x574.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19157\" class=\"wp-image-19157 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08033-1024x574-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08033 (1024x574)\" width=\"620\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08033-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08033-1024x574-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the town on the 10 min walk in from the motorhome aire<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19164\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08085-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19164\" class=\"wp-image-19164 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08085-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08085 (1024x768)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08085-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08085-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08085-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08085-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moulins cathedral, black and white like many of Italy&#8217;s great churches<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19168\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08032-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19168\" class=\"wp-image-19168 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08032-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08032 (1024x768)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08032-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08032-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08032-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08032-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erm &#8211; double vision?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19167\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08092-1024x512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19167\" class=\"wp-image-19167 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08092-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08092 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08092-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08092-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hah! Angry naked lady spots me grabbing a naughty pic of her in the bath. She appears to be be coming at me with a stick!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19172\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08027-1024x512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19172\" class=\"wp-image-19172 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08027-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08027 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08027-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08027-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamie warned us about this crossroads &#8211; one of the few where the old nutcase &#8216;Priorit\u00e9 \u00e0 Droite&#8217; rule still applies (driving down a main road, you have to give way to traffic on minor roads coming from the right &#8211; work that one out!)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19174\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08075-1024x512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19174\" class=\"wp-image-19174 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08075-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08075 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08075-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08075-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xmas decorations are up in front of the town hall in Moulins<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19165\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08034-1024x512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19165\" class=\"wp-image-19165 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08034-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08034 (1024x512)\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08034-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08034-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bird in the river, sharing a log brought down by a previous flood<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19179\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08073-1024x221.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19179\" class=\"wp-image-19179 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08073-1024x221-1024x221.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08073 (1024x221)\" width=\"620\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08073-1024x221.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08073-1024x221-300x65.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shot by the Gestapo? Similar signs of deportation, random shootings and other wartime horrors are everywhere in France.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19178\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08072-1024x410.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19178\" class=\"wp-image-19178 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08072-1024x410-1024x410.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08072 (1024x410)\" width=\"620\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08072-1024x410.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08072-1024x410-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There was a local vote here last Sunday. Turnout was roughly 50% and the national front came second<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19177\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08081-1024x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19177\" class=\"wp-image-19177 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08081-1024x400-1024x400.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08081 (1024x400)\" width=\"620\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08081-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08081-1024x400-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moulins<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19158\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08064-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19158\" class=\"wp-image-19158 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08064-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC08064 (1024x768)\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08064-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08064-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08064-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/DSC08064-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ju &#8216;window licking&#8217; (the French phrase for window shopping) at the Most Expensive Chocolate Shop in the World, Moulins (looked nice mind)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cheers, Jay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s in the middle, sat pretty much smack bang in the centre\u00a0of France at the river-side municipal aire in Moulins (N46.55741 E3.32520). 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