The day started with a procession along a freshly gravelled road. Those with new or nearly new cars were taking it very cautiously as the paint on Atom noses chips very easily.
A first fuel stop indicated a station on the TomTom which turned out to be a field of turnips... So we carried on en route and stopped at the first fuel station we happened across.
I have discovered the 'Winding Roads' setting on my TomTom Rider, which is absolutely brilliant - and that took us through some awesome countryside on lovely roads and it didn't rain much, so a bonus all round.
Andy and I seem to be leaving the pack behind a bit, but the 50kph through the villages and the odd pause is enabling everyone to keep up...
Lunch was taken on the road, with the only Mishap being that Rob lost a crown tooth... Nastly but manageable. Afterwards I left my satnav on Winding Roads, but no one else did, which meant that the pack split, with Andy and I taking some superb roads and stopping for an excellent tea with possibly the best Pain Chocolat that I have ever had - they made them for us freshly.
Then off to the second Chateau - de la Dame Blanche. This one we had stopped at before... only the last time I woke up to find that my fuel tank had split and so had to get the car repatriated and carried on the journey in Rob's car. This time, no problems for me and we settled into a slightly pretentious hotel. Dinner was like Fawlty Towers... We were told that we couldn't have any substitutions - even though the veggies didn't actually want the lamb. After a battle of wills with the Maitre d' we managed to get what we actually wanted, and the food, to be fair, was sumptuous. Bart reckoned it was pretty close to Michelin star standard, and I think he was probably right.
He and Bod had been given an amazing room which was a tree house with a hammam. It looked amazing and definitely worth booking if you ever go to the Chateau.
Then bed and a trip to CERN to look forward to tomorrow...
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