MON 20 JAN 2020
We have been wanting to get away for over a week and finally this afternoon we do. The transfers from the house are done; food, clothes etc and we set off after lunch in bright sun but only 5c.
The recent winds have completely stripped every leaf from every tree now and the bark is showing brightly against fresh green grass and a blue sky with little puff ball clouds.
Towards Lussac les Eglises there are lots of sheep and it's a joy to be out on the road again, even though we don;t plan on going a huge distance. The nearby countryside is so lovely we just want a few days exploring our own area.
We approach St Benoit du Sault with its pale brown buildings appearing stacked as they follow the rise of the hill, The road climbs and turns among them levelling at the top of the town where we were told there was a nice aire. Perhaps it has changed because what we find is one sloping, car-sized space beside a service point in a busy car park. 'twould do, as they say, but not the peace and solitude we wanted so we get out he books and find somewhere better. We find three possibilities, all close together, near Cuzion.
It's a pretty continuation along a road marked a a scenic route ending in a steep descent with hairpins and along the river Creuse to the barrage d'Eguzon. The aire is a tree lined space on the river's edge where it resumes its flow after powering electricity turbines in the adjacent EDF facility. The barrage, or dam, beside the power station holds back the water of lac Eguzon, which we might take a look at tomorrow.
But as the sun disappears behind the trees we're glad we moved as there is only the trickling of the river and the faintest hum of the power plant to be heard.
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