An early start was required so that we could pack the car before it became to hot, even at 0800 its was going on for 26 C. But by o915 the car was packed apart from the last bits of foods and so breakfast and depart. Paid the bill and received a bottle of local wine from the Hotel as a thankyou, unfortunately Eric the owner was not there to say goodbye.
For the first hour it was small roads before joining the motorway for a while, however the drive to the motorways was and is quite beautiful with mountains and old villages, such a fantastic area which most tourist luckily seem to avoid. A couple of hours into the drive and we stopped for lunch in a Motorway rest area and the design of the road infrastructure was almost impossible to understand and to leave the site was like trying to find your way out of a maze. Then on for a short while and as e had about 160 miles to go and could not check in before 16.00 we took the side roads which ended up with road closures and no diversions signs, most unhelpful.
We arrived at the Best western Hotel Le Blois de Marche
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view on the outskirts of Poitiers and given our room key which was for a ‘what the called’ a cottage which as fine but a bit small but eventually it became clear that the air-conditioning system was not working so of I went to complain and discovered that room aircons are all controlled via the system at the hotel reception. You can have any temperature you like providing its 22C and she said she would adjust and would take about an hour to cool down. So we rested for a while and then went for dinner , this was approx. two hours later and its still had not cooled down so they said they would get the engineer to check and if necessary change our room which was eventually what happened.
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The new room was in the Hotel part and temp was 22C and so Ok although we do think they turned it off overnight and also certainly first thing in the morning when they are changing the rooms. It was a shame as I was able to control the Android Tv so as to access my Netflix, Amazon Prime and You Tube accounts which three hour later I needed to cancel
The receptionist pointed out that they had to control the room temperatures centrally as as guests were changing the temperature in the room and the system could not handle so many changes and so they made it one central control which is not what is says in their room brochure. I spent about fifteen minutes discussing and complaining and so if this happen multiple times per day from other residents no wonder the reception was busy.
However the restaurant and general environment of the Hotel is quite nice and the food was fine, Jennifer having a veal dish and although full up mastered a desert as well. The room temp was about 24C and slowly went down to 22C but we were both a bit restless and although did think about visiting Poitier town and its churches, of which we have seen many in past visits, it was going to be over 30C today and so it was going to be a days of rest and perhaps a swim later.
Very sad to see about that Air India Dreamliner crashing after India raising many questions why? Looks like co pilot instead of raising the landing gear cancelled the flaps instead hence no lift. Lets see what the two recorders and investigators find. And just to make the world a safer place Israel has started to attack Iran, this Swedish lady leaves a bad trail wherever she goes.
