Sunday April 26th
- starting miles 50217
- temperature 14.5
- weather sunny
- time 9.45
Our picture perfect wild camping spot was invaded at 9.00 am exactly by about 40 pompiers and their fire engines and equipment.
It appeared to be some sort of training exercise. After feeding our left over bread to the ducks we took the hint and left for Troyes which is about 20kms away.
Since it was Sunday we were able to find a parking spot relatively near to the centre and easy walking distance to the cathedral where there was a special mass being said for the victims of genocide in Armenia. The cathedral, in common with many other public buildings was guarded by four soldiers.
We chatted to a reporter from Paris who was making a documentary film about security for Channel 3. France is on Red alert at the moment.
Central Troyes is fabulous. Most of the houses are half-timbered Elizabethan looking edifices which are remarkably well preserved/restored interspersed with huge stone built gilded public buildings. Impressive. Clearly a prosperous town. There is a large pedestrian area filled with restaurants. A difficult choice was made for us when we allowed ourselves to be shepherded inside a busy restaurant for Sunday lunch.
After many more photos we headed for Buchere to see the monument to the massacre of 67 villagers by the Nazis on August 24th 1944.
We continued to meander south stopping at a lovely municipal site at Montbard. There are only four or five units three of which are British. Montbard sits at the bottom of a valley. We arrived in the rain and it was still raining in the morning when we left.
It is time to outrun the rain and head south.
It is time to outrun the rain and head south.
Site cost : €14
Miles travelled: 153
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