The rain continued for most of the night but by morning the rain clouds had all moved on and the day was cooler even with the sun peeping though.
We took an early morning walk again. This gave us a chance to view Riom as it was waking up. We are always sure that a boulangerie, or should I say the boulangeries, will be open. It always amazes us of the number of boulangeries in any given town or village, each seems to be well stocked and doing a continuous trade. The French cannot go without their daily baguette, and it seems as if it a little contagious - we have become a little pathological in regards to getting a daily baguette as well!
Back to Riom. Riom is quite an elegant town, being the former capital of the Duchy of Auvergne. Its historic centre has preserved some of its architectural evidence of its prestigious past.
It was at Riom that the Vichy French government in 1942, with the support of the German overlords, held the Riom Trials attempting to blame previous leaders of France’s defeat by Germany in 1940.
Late morning we were on the road again and headed for the village of Charroux, just west of Vichy.
Charroux is an ancient village with Gallo-Roman heritage. We found that it was a very popular Sunday outing for many French.
It was also the location of a French Motorhome Club rally. When we arrived we found a large part of the aire roped off for the exclusive use of the rally folk. A GB branded rego plate was not a van that would have been accepted too readily - but there were other vans in the rear of the aire that were friendly enough.
Leader of the pack!!
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