Thank heavens its not going to be as hot as yesterday.
We had noticed signs advertising the Classic Car and Motor Cycle show whilst in Vichy town last week. The show is apparently held each year at the pretty much defunct Vichy Charmeil Airport. The control tower and a single passenger building are there by no sign of any aeroplanes anywhere.
There was quite a selection of cars and motor cycles as you will be able to see on the Phanfare Blog as per following link. We, it would appear, arrived quite early at about 11.45 AM and had a great day watching the cars but by 3.30 pm we were rather hot and a bit tired and so we decided to leave but there were still many people arriving for the show which went on until about 7 pm and I thinks there are parties afterwards to attend according to the various signs around the terminal building. There were many old Bugatti, Bentley and many other classic cars filling all the paddocks. What was very encouraging was that most of the cars took part in driving around the circuit for about ten laps rather than just be there for show.
\some of the cards required the fuel to be pressurised whilst driving and therefore some drivers we pumping away on pressure handles placed outside the car. Some appeared to only have hand brakes also placed outside the car. Should we attend next year then we will come complete with picnic and chairs and perhaps a sun umbrella or two as it was getting quite tiring standing in the thirty degrees heat with high humidity today which did go a little after if poured with rain for about ten minutes only.
Upon leaving the circuit just before 4pm we panned a route through the hills and small roads to avoid the main roads, this was not for traffic reasons but just to enjoy the countryside and small villages and towns en-route. We noticed that the 'flea market' was still going on late in to the afternoon in Gannet and the amount of people attending was incredibly high for such a small town.
We enjoyed a salad tonight of quiche Lorraine with usual add-on's and just tested some wine to make certain it had not gone off in the heat of the day. It's amazing what you have to go through down in here in the middle of France. It started to rain again whilst we were having dinner and it looks like it is set in for a few hours, never mind as we are very comfy in out caravan and Olympic stadium size awning.
