It was sad to leave the Loire this morning. Our visit had been briefer than we'd hoped, but the forecast was for yet more rain and we knew the weather would be better if we ventured a little further north. Here we go again Marge. A quick stop at a supermarket for a few supplies to keep us going for a day or so, was a real attack on Angela's brain. To us, it's late summer/ early autumn, not Christmas. As you enter the supermarket an array of orange and black greets you. Yes we know it's almost Halloween. Then, a curtain of red tinsel, behind which was probably a Santa and an elf. Christmas toys, sweets, cards and decorations. No, no, no! It's too early! Saying that, we have a confession. We did buy a Christmas present for someone two weeks ago, Our journey onward was slow. Lots of traffic, and as always lots of roundabouts every couple of miles. But once again we thought it best to press on in search of more settled weather. So we headed to an Aire at Saint Jean sur Mayenne.
We've stayed on this Aire twice before. It is the towns former municipal campsite, so it has all the facilities of a campsite but at a lesser cost. Just fourteen euros and ten cents per night. As we approached Mayenne, we stopped to view a new state of the art viaduct that had recently been constructed across the river Mayenne.
