The night was somewhat restless as the tail-end of Storm Cairon thrashed our van in vain, our combined weight proving too much for the Gods of Wind. They should eat more fibre.
We still had no power, but once dawn arrived, the sun started to pump its photons into our roof panels. Whilst our van absorbed this energy, we set off to find an alternative source of coffee....
As castles go, this has to be well up there amongst the most amazing.
The external detail is astonishing.
The internal design labyrinthine.
This castle just glows with architectural genius. And immense overt opulence. As a castle it is absolutely incredible and you must all try to get to visit it.
But.
As a defensive structure it's bloody useless. This is no shelter from the massed armies of Europe, this is simply there to say "Look what I've got and you cannot have!"
Despite our moral indignation, the two girls set off to discover clues and generally run amok.
To help train our two crazed infants in the arts of war, a special exhibition was set up for them.
Battle tactics were well described
Special Harry Potter owl training was included.
And just to make the kids feel comfortable, an in depth description of the hundred years war against us helpless English was included,
Death walks amongst us.
Once the young trainees had come out of their post traumatic stress, we once more headed outside.
The gardens were kinda formal, and the forest was kinda dangerous due to continuing hurricane force tree felling. It was also bloody cold.
Thus we didn't get too far...
The word I'm looking for is 'windswept'...
It was time to leave and head off to find some power for the van.
The sun had supplied our battery with what seemed like enough electricity, but some resistant gremlin in the works meant we had to search for a 220v supply.
After two false starts, we finally found somewhere to settle for the night.
That is, once two raving lunatics had been sedated...
Tomorrow, our last castle, the Chateau de Chaumont, (here) before heading back south into hopefully better climes...
Night night.
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