Many of our trips start with a travel article, and this one began with a picture of Château d’Angers suggesting Angers would make a great destination for a weekend away. Before we knew it, this had grown into a couple of weeks touring the Loire to visit a selection of old chateaux, gardens and maybe the odd vineyard!
Taking our car on the ferry to France is a bit of a retro choice, but it seemed the perfect solution while hire cars remain expensive and packing without a luggage allowance will be a breeze. We’ve booked an overnight sailing to Le Havre and sleeping in a cabin sounds like a bit of an adventure, what’s more, on the way back we can pack in a few bottles of Loire wine, in memory of those booze cruises of yesteryear!
Chris used the need for a new UK number plate and the offer of free Europe assist as perfect justification, if any was needed, to upgrade his car so we will be off in his shiny new red Mazda CX-5, remarkably similar to the last one except for the number plate!
The weather looks set fair and we are eager to be off so watch this space for possible mentions of water lilies, mushrooms, tapestries, pike and Cointreau…
PS – Thanks to Chris for the fab picture of Angers Chateau – I wanted it to look impressive and he managed to get more towers in than I could!
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Looks like an exciting trip – I will continue to live vicariously through you. Have fun 🙂
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Thanks 😎🚢🏰🌹🥐🍷☀️
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