Monday October 22nd

Work up at 715. No frost overnight and the visibility was good as we could see across the fields.
We sorted out all the re-cycled items we had to drop off at the bins on our way to Elizabeth's for the days excursion and arrived at her house in Rogny at 930am.
We drove for miles through the French country side and visited the Chateau Chambord which was started by King Francis 1 in 1519. What a place.
It was quite intriguing to see a snooker table with no pockets that was used by the French nobles. It was invented by a M.Billiard and you scored points by hitting the balls.(so I think)
Regretfully no camera so check out the website to see what a magnificent place this is and about some of its history.
Had lunch and then moved on to drive to the Chateau of Cheverny
Another great place and Elizabeth was such a great hostess taking a lot of trouble to ensure that we saw everything we wanted to. Many laughs with our French and the translations between us, though she does speak English perfectly and many other languages quite fluently and makes me feel quite inadequate.
Home again to finish off our housework,close up all the shutters,put the pot plants under cover and all sorts of other odd jobs, as tomorrow morning Elizabeth will be picking us up at 1030 to take us to the station so we can go up to Paris for a couple of days before leaving France on the Eurostar for London on Thursday PM.
What a wonderful experience this has all been and we look forward to taking up Elizabeth's offer of returning in a couple of years time as she is planning all sorts of things for us to do already.
Lets keep our fingers crossed!