So this is where we are staying tonight…….

….. not too shabby but first things first……

As promised, this morning after breakfast (which featured an impressively named make of bread …)

…we walked along the river and then up some rather steep roads into the centre of Chartres

It was a very attractive walk but the town is most famous for the cathedral and the quite spectacular stained glass windows…….

After walking back to the camp site we packed up and drove south into the Loire valley itself. We arrived around 4pm at the car park at Chambord – the biggest and most spectacular of the chateaux in France. The location is well set up for Motorhomes, the section of the car park we we are in is like a basic camp site and the parking fee covers a 24 hour stay.  We can walk around the grounds at our leisure tonight and will visit the chateau itself in the morning – so more on the building tomorrow.  In the grounds we also managed to find a pretty high tech ‘cave’ offering local wine tasting – well we couldn’t say no!

Incidentally the temperature this afternoon has been high – around 30 degrees C – with the forecast showing it going even higher!