Beaugency and Oradour
After leaving the airport i headed down the A10 towards Orleans and with the intention of sampling the pleasantries Loire River.After consulting the aires book iopted for a little village just through Orleans and not too far out of my way for Oradour.I arrived at the aire and found it full but with a couple of vans parked on the road outside i opted for parking with these and so settled down for here the night.A stroll into the village revealed a typical sleepy french village and a couple of glasses of the local brew put me on course for a barby back at the van.The next morning a few vans had moved on and as it was a glorious sunny day i moved the van to the front of the aire overlooking the river and decided to stop a couple of days and do a bit of cycling and explore the area.
After a pleasant couple of days at Beaugency and meeting a few new motorhoming friends,french and dutch i carried on to Oradour.The story behind Oradour sur Glane is that on Saturday the 10th of June 1944. an attack was carried out by soldiers of the Der Führer Regiment of the 2nd Waffen-SS Panzer Division Das Reich. On that day they killed a total of 642 men, women and children without giving any reasons for their actions and to this day there is no universally accepted explanation for the massacre.The village was left as it was as a memorial and a new village built.Istopped here a couple of days toured the village and visited the memorial and found the experience vey sombre.The aire at Oradour i must say was one of the best i have stayed on and was a typical example of the way the french cater for the tourist
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