We have visited Vichy many times over the last few years but never really gone east to look at the area and so today was the day to look around this area.
An early morning start, well around 0930 we left on a greyish day and headed in to Vichy and then round the outskirts to find our way to the road that would take us South East and then we would do a large loop back to Vichy. However as we were leaving Vichy town we spotted a camp site by the river and decided to have a quick look and although it was good if you want to visit the town, it's got nothing to really offer otherwise, so back to our journey.
We took all the small class roads, called D class, and we went uphill and downhill and round many corners and through woods and also forestry driven areas and also natural forests and through many small villages and after about two hours we stopped in a small town for a cup of coffee and check out the local loo's. All the tables were set for lunch and shortly after 12.15 all the truckers and local office workers and other passer's by trooped in We were not surprised it was so popular as there was nowhere else to eat for miles around.
We stopped on the top of a hill and had our lunch overlooking the valley and reservoir before heading off through more hills and woods and piles of logs which were ready for despatching to the saw mill. We finally arrived back in Vichy and bought some fish in Carrefour ready for tomorrow night and then headed back to camp and of course the internet had now stopped working totally. Noel prepared many emails etc which went nowhere and this has to be resolved either by us moving on earlier to our next site or finding somewhere local.
We finished the evening watching a couple of episodes of Black Adder which is always good to watch. Gosh it cold again tonight, what has happened to the good weather.
