This morning we had a very nice breakfast before a quick tour around the chateau which was also a museum, there wasn't actually much to see here apart from a lot of dolls and toys but as any other visitors who came who weren't staying at the chateau had to spend 3 euros each to see the chateau we decided to have a quick look round, skinflints that we are!! A quick return to Lyon la Foret to take a few photos before we headed off on the next step of our adventure. Next stop was La Roche Guyon on a wide sweeping bend of the River Seine. The village was very small apart from a very imposing chateau underneath a much older ruined castle tower and curtain wall perched above it on the hillside. We had a coffee at a small roadside cafe before visiting the chateau. We had an extremely interesting visit, not least because Marshal Rommel was there in February 1944 and tried to negotiate with the French Resistance as he'd come to realise that Hitler was wrong and very likely mad. The talks took place in the chateau but came to nothing as the Allies landed on D-Day June 1944. The visit included climbing 250 steps inside the hillside up to the old tower on top of the hillside. There were some great views of the Seine and the ornamental gardens from here and we were able to see where the bridge across the river had been destroyed in 1944 by the Germans and also a little further down where a much older bridge had spanned the river. The estate continued on the other side of the river too. Back down to the chateau again and we saw some vaults where the Germans had made modifications to store munitions safely should the chateau be bombed. The next planned stop was Yevre-le-chateau, quite a drive away, so we set off with the roof down on the car, until gathering black clouds forced us to stop to put the roof up - we just managed in time before torrential rain and a thunderstorm made for an interesting and challenging drive - glad we weren't on a motorbike!! (Sorry Colin and Alex!! :-) ) It was still pouring with rain when we arrived at Yevre-le-chateau but donning rain jackets the intrepid explorers carried on, even paying to go into the ruined castle and climbing the 4 (roofless!!) towers and walking the ramparts in the rain - the French thought we were mad!! There were supposed to be stunning views from the top of the towers but as you can see from the photos there was sadly too much rain for much of a view. We returned, very soggy, to the car and had to change shoes before continuing on to Barbizon a very pleasant little village near Fontainebleau just south of Paris, where we had a little walk to explore and have a restorative cheeky beer followed by a very nice meal in the hotel washed down with a bottle of Crozes Hermitage!!