Decided to come up to Paris today as there's virtually no taffic on the motorways. Trucks are not allowed to operate on Sundays, but we saw quite a few all the same. Reasonably uneventful trip except for a nasty accident just a few hundred meters in front of us. Thank goodness for the GPS...made finding the hotel pretty easy, although there were a couple of u-turns required. Went out to the Buffalo Grill for dinner, then straight to bed.

A restless night with one ear open expecting the sound of crashing chandelier....but it was still hanging. A late start today. John stayed at home while we went north towards Poitiers. Stopped for a break at St Savin. Very pretty views of Abbey by the river. Went to local corner-store for a fresh loaf of pain, jambon, frommage and petite tomates, which we consumed down by the river. Headed through more fields of wheat, corn and sunflowers. Harvesting and hay-mak...

Sally whizzed-up fab bacon and french toast for breakfast then off to Le Blanc. Had a good look round town especially along the river front. Stopped for a nice cafe au lait at cafe Europa. Moved further into the Brenne National Park and stopped at Rosnay where the information centre is located. Park is made up of hundreds of small lakes and ponds. Had lunch at the centre's cafe including very yummy desserts. To wear it off we went for a walk round a couple of ...

On the road early to miss the trucks, and off to Limoges. Pretty drive but it's a pretty average city. Some interesting architecture though like the railway station. Got a pretty little piece of porcelain as a souvenir. Heading back we spot a McDonalds so we stopped to use their free WiFi so we can update he site...very handy having that around as there's nothing close to Lignac and we'd have to wait until Paris otherwise.

10 June 1944........Two battalions of the Waffen SS enter the town of Oradour sur Glane, round up it's 642 inhabitants and systematically shoot them all, including 193 children. They then raised the town. Only 6 people escaped to tell the story......... Today the town stands exactly as it was left 64 years ago as a memorial to those who died. Visiting it was achingly sad. Cars left, children's bikes and prams, sewing machines......the melted bell from the church...