Day 1 on the Loire

September 16, 2022

Hilary and Christopher on the river Cher as we approached the château

Tim in the stern of our canoe looking back at the château

Today was our first day of riding in the Loire Valley. We started with a 20km ride to the Chenoceau Castle one of the most famous castles in the Loire. As it turns out we did the ride in the reverse way to what was planned but that turned out to be a good thing. We came across a lovely market on the way out of town. Also, we came across the canoeing place completely by accident only to find out that we did not have a reservation as we thought but we could still canoe if we went in the AM, so we did. We went on a 6km canoe trip down the Cher river fight past and under the Chenonceau château. After the 2 hr trip we had a picnic lunch followed by a tour of the Château. By now is 4:30 so we took the short route back to Amboise.

We had a lovely galette and crepe dinner tonight with some Sancerre wine. Off to Blois tomorrow.