Montville to Mayet

Bokkie in the Aire in Mayet

We had a fairly good night’s sleep by our standards, a light breakfast and then spent some time finding a route that avoided the narrow bridge and windy road.  The satnav program we use (its free so we can’t complain too much) tends to use the shortest possible route and not the most sensible one.  We managed to get out of Montville without much fuss and hit the road. 

Much nicer weather today and no drama until we came into Rouen and accidentally turned off into the city centre (the low sun was making it impossible to read the overhead signs and the sat-nav likes to keep us guessing when travelling through city centres).  Roadworks compounded an already tense situations resulting in us turning into a height-restricted lane.  At 3m tall we were never going to make it and rattled the overhead warning pipes - but we had luckily spotted the problem by then and could escape through a narrow gap into the correct lane.  The only damage was to our pride (and our heart rates!)  and we found our way back onto track.

The rest of the drive was fairly uneventful, loads of sunshine between the cloudy spells made it rather a pleasant day. We are travelling on some of the main toll roads, as it’s the fastest down south, but not the most scenic.

Long shadows on our afternoon stroll

We found our way down to another municipal Aire in the village of Mayet, South East of Le Mans.  We had a lovely walk around the village which is very rural and authentic.  We have settled down with some French wine (thanks to Ett & Debbi) and some local French cheese. 

Tres bien J

We are in the Loir Valley

Bokkie's butt, Proudly South African

Typical station for Aire services, power, water & waste disposal available

I am still working on getting the photos to go where I want them...