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| Lembras to Chateauroux - 177 miles |
More rain overnight and
we experienced showers most of the day. Managed to get everything
done without getting wet, however, so set off for a hopefully better
day distance-wise today, which should be achievable bearing in mind
much of it is planned to be toll-free motorway.
A fairly uninteresting
drive, despite the map describing it as “picturesque” in places,
and we got as far as Limoges where we found a Centre Commercial for
some bits of shopping and lunch. Back onto a quite busy motorway with
the temperature suddenly taking a nose-dive as we approached
Chateauroux and it went dark as the traffic suddenly slowed for an
accident – caused by a sudden heavy hail shower that turned
everything white!
Nobody hurt and we
pulled into the nearby services to check for an overnight stop.
Although there was a few choices nothing took our fancy except a
quiet rural place only a few kilometres away as the crow flies.
Typically of course it was much more than that by the time TomTom got
us off the motorway but then we found a lovely little spot by the
side of a small lake with nobody else on it. We've always said the
best places are just a little way off the beaten track and this was
proof of our point.
Unfortunately the
weather was still unstable and we suffered rain, sleet and hail
showers into the evening, having to put the heating on once again –
good job we filled up with gas a couple of days ago! It'll be back to
long trousers and shoes and socks again tomorrow!
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