{"id":12587,"date":"2026-08-07T09:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/?page_id=12587"},"modified":"2026-08-11T19:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:01:22","slug":"day-10-blois-to-brehemont","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/days\/day-10-blois-to-brehemont\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 10: Thursday 11.viii.2016. Blois to Br\u00e9h\u00e9mont"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here we go again!  Looking at my images from the day shows that my memory has been playing me tricks yet again.  That fougasse that I thought I remembered from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/days\/day-9-wednesday-10-8-16-chartres-to-blois\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"12585\">the 10th<\/a> was clearly from &#8220;today&#8221;, somewhere between Blois and Ambosie, hm, GPS stamp tells me it was near Candes sur Beuvron now dignified with the first way marker on the map above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"leaflet-map WPLeafletMap\" style=\"height:500px; width:100%;\"><\/div><script>\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin || [];\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.push(function WPLeafletMapShortcode() {\/*<script>*\/\nvar baseUrl = atob('aHR0cHM6Ly90aWxlLm9wZW5zdHJlZXRtYXAub3JnL3t6fS97eH0ve3l9LnBuZw==');\nvar base = (!baseUrl && window.MQ) ?\n    window.MQ.mapLayer() : L.tileLayer(baseUrl,\n        L.Util.extend({}, {\n            detectRetina: 0,\n        },\n        {\"subdomains\":\"abc\",\"noWrap\":false,\"maxZoom\":19}        )\n    );\n    var options = L.Util.extend({}, {\n        layers: [base],\n        attributionControl: false\n    },\n    {\"zoomControl\":false,\"scrollWheelZoom\":true,\"doubleClickZoom\":false,\"fitBounds\":true,\"minZoom\":0,\"maxZoom\":19,\"maxBounds\":null,\"attribution\":\"<a href=\\\"http:\\\/\\\/leafletjs.com\\\" title=\\\"A JS library for interactive maps\\\">Leaflet<\\\/a>; \\u00a9 <a href=\\\"http:\\\/\\\/www.openstreetmap.org\\\/copyright\\\">OpenStreetMap<\\\/a> contributors\"},\n    {});\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.createMap(options).setView([44.67,-63.61],12);});<\/script><script>\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin || [];\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.push(function WPLeafletjsonShortcode() {\/*<script>*\/\nvar src = 'https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20160811.geojson';\nvar default_style = {};\nvar rewrite_keys = {\n    stroke : 'color',\n    'stroke-width' : 'weight',\n    'stroke-opacity' : 'opacity',\n    fill : 'fillColor',\n    'fill-opacity' : 'fillOpacity',\n};\n\/\/ htmlspecialchars converts & to \"&amp;\"; maybe unnecessarily, and maybe 3x\nvar ampersandRegex = \/&(?:amp;){1,3}\/g\nvar layer = L.ajaxGeoJson(src.replace(ampersandRegex, '&'), {\n    type: 'json',\n    style : layerStyle,\n    onEachFeature : onEachFeature,\n    pointToLayer: pointToLayer\n});\nvar fitbounds = 0;\nvar circleMarker = 0;\nvar popup_text = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin.unescape(\"\");\nvar popup_property = \"\";\nvar table_view = 0;\nvar group = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin.getCurrentGroup();\nvar markerOptions = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin.getIconOptions({});\nlayer.addTo( group );\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.geojsons.push( layer );\nif (fitbounds) {\n    layer.on('ready', function () {\n        this.map.fitBounds( this.getBounds() );\n    });\n}\nfunction layerStyle (feature) {\n    var props = feature.properties || {};\n    var style = {};\n    function camelFun (_, first_letter) {\n        return first_letter.toUpperCase();\n    };\n    for (var key in props) {\n        if (key.match('-')) {\n            var camelcase = key.replace(\/-(\\w)\/, camelFun);\n            style[ camelcase ] = props[ key ];\n        }\n        \/\/ rewrite style keys from geojson.io\n        if (rewrite_keys[ key ]) {\n            style[ rewrite_keys[ key ] ] = props[ key ];\n        }\n    }\n    return L.Util.extend(style, default_style);\n}\nfunction onEachFeature (feature, layer) {\n    var props = feature.properties || {};\n    var text;\n    if (table_view) {\n        text = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin.propsToTable(props);\n    } else {\n        text = popup_property\n            ? 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I was to meet up with J on the 13th to start my week off when we would continue our search for somewhere other than \"L129\" in the Alps for me to live in France and visit a then colleague of hers.  I wanted to get to Chinon but knew it would be tough to get that far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talking of memory, this was, like the day before, racing over routes that we had cycled as a family on two terrible hired tandems back in 2012 and that definitely savoured the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was the bridge leaving Blois to start the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-12.07.33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-12.07.33-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-12.07.33-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-12.07.33-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-12.07.33-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-12.07.33-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-12.07.33-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here is Toto, fueled up for the day, that fougasse already in internal fuel tanks, the sweet patisserie awaiting that fate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-13.17.23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-13.17.23-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-13.17.23-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-13.17.23-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-13.17.23-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-13.17.23-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-13.17.23-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some of the sights moving along the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-18.58.55.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-18.58.55-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-18.58.55-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-18.58.55-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-18.58.55-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-18.58.55-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-18.58.55-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.01.43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.01.43-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.01.43-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.01.43-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.01.43-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.01.43-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.01.43-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then this was the sightseeing discovery of the day: the church of St. Gervais and St. Protais in the tiny hamlet of Savonni\u00e8res (marked on the map).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-responsive-lightbox-gallery\"><div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"12757\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.06.31.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.06.31-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.05.59.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.05.59-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.06.14.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.06.14-169x300.jpg\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.05.40.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.05.40-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.04.22.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.04.22-300x169.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.07.00.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-19.07.00-169x300.jpg\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That really <em>is <\/em>my sort of architecture: minimal and yet not. The bilingual information board tells you about it and the French wikipedia has more about it <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89glise_Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais_de_Savonni%C3%A8res\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the afternoon turned to evening I realised I couldn't make it to Chinon and stopped here ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.23.10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.23.10-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.23.10-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.23.10-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.23.10-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.23.10-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.23.10-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">... and asked if they had a room for the night.  I remember communication was tricky at first but can't remember why, my French has certainly improved since then though it's still work in progress.  Anyway, it appeared they had a room though at first hadn't wanted to say that, or so it seemed.  It was a lovely simple room behind one of those first floor windows, or was it in the attic?  They were also coming near the end of serving food but I was in luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.41.01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.41.01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.41.01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.41.01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.41.01-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.41.01-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.41.01-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">... gone ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.50.18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.50.18-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.50.18-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.50.18-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.50.18-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.50.18-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-20.50.18-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the main and cheese courses followed likewise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.06.50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.06.50-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.06.50-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.06.50-300x169.jpg 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https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.27.12-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.27.12-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.27.12-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.27.12-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My neighbour ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.11-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.11-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.11-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.11-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.11-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.11-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">... thought I should share ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.13-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.13-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.13-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.13-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.13-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.08.13-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">... but the food was lovely and I thought I'd earned every last bite!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lights came on showing I was far from the only cyclist eating and\/or staying ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.33.15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.33.15-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.33.15-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.33.15-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.33.15-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.33.15-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.33.15-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">... and a skein of geese put the finishing touches on the glorious view from my table.  (Zoom in to see them.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.22.50_cropped_and_rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.22.50_cropped_and_rotated-1024x552.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.22.50_cropped_and_rotated-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.22.50_cropped_and_rotated-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.22.50_cropped_and_rotated-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.22.50_cropped_and_rotated-1536x828.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2016-08-11-21.22.50_cropped_and_rotated-2048x1104.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had wanted to get further but I know I was happy in a very French way that I can get if I have had some exercise and have lovely French food and views like that.  I slept like a log again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go again! Looking at my images from the day shows that my memory has been playing me tricks yet again. That fougasse that I thought I remembered from the 10th was clearly from &#8220;today&#8221;, somewhere between Blois and Ambosie, hm, GPS stamp tells me it was near Candes sur Beuvron now dignified with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/days\/day-10-blois-to-brehemont\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 10: Thursday 11.viii.2016. 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