Spring 2022

Challonnes-sur-Loire - 01 May 2022

Walking, cycling, driving, sitting and drinking, the day with everything.

Sunday, 1 May 2022 - Chalonnes-sur-Loire

Last night, it was so quiet - well apart from the frogs croaking in the distance! Not sure about this sleeping in single beds again, but will adapt! Woke up being serenaded by so much birdsong - lovely!

This morning, walked for about an hour, into the town in order to buy a baguette - oh we’ve missed proper French bread!

Saw old château ruins, all these little towns all have such big churches! It felt like a wealthy area, however, so many huge houses in a state of disrepair - sad really. We did see a squirrel run across the road, think it was red, but not totally sure.

First time we’ve seen a machine which cooks you a pizza in 3 minutes!

In the children’s play area were multiple benches, with trees being grown up and around like a teepee, will provide a lovely shady area by summer!

Strange sign at La Mairie - who knew that Romania 🇷🇴 is 2,525km away!

Made up the baguette, and off on our bikes to check out the disused railway path we’d seen earlier. Cycled 13 miles. I know Gary, you go further every day - without a battery - but, we need to ease ourselves in gently!

Flat, easy going - didn’t see anyone else for first 11 miles! There is always such a sense of freedom being away. No one else cares what you’re doing, and there’s so much open space!

Beautiful yellow poppies, as well as usual red ones.

Oh, and I thought you needed to see my beautiful glittery red nails - thank you Zoë.

We then decided to move on. I drove for about an hour, again, mainly dual carriage - so easy driving. We’re at Chalonnes-sur-Loire - the second place I found on Park4nignt. It’s lovely! Right on the bank of the Loire. It’s been really hot this afternoon, first time the shorts have been out. We’ve sat and read, going in and out of shade, and pottered about trying to find the noisy frogs. Did find lots of damsel flies and butterflies.