We had to leave Sens by 8.00 as the hotel owner is closing up for two weeks today and is going on his conges (annual leave) but there was no sign of him when we left. Drove through blustery sunny weather to Pithiviers and parked outside Hotel Relais de la Poste and then called in the Tourist Info a few yards away. When asked, the young lady there told us there was absolutely nothing to do in Pithiviers - but we got a street map anyway, then drove out to Leclercs supermarket on the edge of town. We had breakfast there and bought some more wine. Came back to the town and walked round its former ramparts and decided this was a nice place although, it being Monday and holidays, most of it was closed.
Had lunch of baguette in hotel room and had a rest and later on in the afternoon we strolled around the town beauty spots - a phone box from its twin town Ashby de la Zouch, the local gardens and squares - contrary to the young girl in the Tourist Info, Pithiviers is a place of subtle pleasures - very subtle in places.
We dined at the hotel in the evening - food not bad.
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| Our hotel for the night - Pithiviers |
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| Only 462 miles to Blighty... |
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| Unusually English style steeple in the land of the stubby. |
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