The
morning was spent sorting ourselves out a little, checking on the wifi
connections etc and generally having a quiet morning.
In the
afternoon we took a country drive to a number of small towns and ended up in a
nice looking town and when we went to the car park there was about a 100 French
Military just hanging around until some more senior guys turned up and we were
able to watch a full half an hour of a change of commander for this troop. I
spoke to a young lady in Military uniform with a camera and it turned out she
was the communications officer and she explained that every two years they
change the man in charge of this troop. The guy taking over the troop looked a
little on the gay side but never mind.
To keep
costs down the playing of a trumpet was done using a tape recorder over the
speaker system and it was quite interesting to watch. We continued our drive
through country lanes and decided this area does not have the views and rolling
hills and beautiful houses that you see in Normandy.
We
tested some Rose wine from the area and then some Saumur Champigny with the
steak and both were rather good.
We then
decided to watch a film at which point the main power went off we understand is
due to a large foreign built van made by Hobby which is known to mess up the
site electrics as it has done it before. It was then fixed and then went out
again ten minutes after the site and family disappeared somewhere for an
evening dinner whilst we had to resort to our books. Oh well that is life but the
power did come back about 10.40 pm but now too late for our film. Oh well there
is always tomorrow but we also plan a trip to Saumur and Chinon tomorrow, we won’t
stop at the vineyards as there are far too many and p[perhaps we won’t make it
home safely
