We had a light breakfast at the Kyriad Hotel and left about 1000 en route to our next Hotel The Grand Hotel Solesmes which is close by Sable Sur Sarthe.
As before we have chosen to use the country route and avoid the motorways and Toll roads and we are so glad we did as went through some very nice towns and countryside en-route. But then we cam across a town called Chauvigny where there is a famous Chateau and on the outside of town there is a sign saying the they had been twinned with a number of towns around Europe but in Uk they are twinned with Billericay and one could not think of anything with such a difference, see photos.
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However we carried on until about lunchtime and found a place to stop and finish up some cheese and biscuit's that we had left over before returning to the road.
The Sat Nav kept us out of the way of the main roads near Tours and took across fields on single track roads but it worked to our advantage. We arrived at our Hotel around 4pm and checked in and enjoyed a brief rest before heading down for dinner.
The Hotel is quite nice but not very full by the number of cars in the car park but the waiter assured me the restaurant was full and so it was pretty much. Noel explained his dietary requirements and enjoyed some prawns to start followed by a steak as suggested by the Maître de and Jennifer also started with the prawns an then a sea bream which they topped and tailed and removed the bones tableside which took a few minutes but the food was very good. For desert Jennifer enjoyed a Cointreau souffle which she said was the best she had every enjoyed. This Hotel room costs are relative for a four star hotel but the restaurant costs were very high. The restaurant did not open until 7.30 pm which is always bit late for us as by the time you get the food its 8.15 and much later by the time you have finished.
We returned to the room and Jennifer read whilst Noel checked out the football results and what with Chelsea beating West Ham on their pitch 3-0 was excellent
