PhotoDiary: 27/04/2017 If you do not like cars and particularly Porsche, you may find this post boring!!

Thursday, April 27, 2017

27/04/2017 If you do not like cars and particularly Porsche, you may find this post boring!!

Maximum temperature 12C, minimum -2C. 12 kmh N wind, 15 km/h gusts. Overcast with some sun, rain around but we mostly missed it, chilly wind. Ice on the birdbath this morning! 1mm rain measured.

Driving through the Charente forests...

Looking across fields of winter wheat...

into the department of Vienne and the town of Pressac...

down twisty lanes...

and we arrived at the Circuit Val de Vienne.

The cars were on the Optic 2000 rally from Paris to Biarritz, this was one of the places where they stopped to take a drive around the track.

Porsche 911 2 litre 1965

Porsche 904 GTS 1963

Porsche 356 Pre A 1954

Jaguar XK 120 1952

Jaguar Type E 3.8 litre 1962.

Ferrari 246 Dino.

DB HBR5 1957

If like me you have never heard of this car follow this link Deutsch and Bonnet's (DB)

Driving home we stopped to take a look at Viaduct de la Sonnette at Grand Madieu which was built 1902 - 1905.

8 comments:

CountryMumApril 28, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The viaduct is very impressive... as are the cars!
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GaelynApril 28, 2017 at 5:00 AM
I'll bet you were in heaven with all those Porsches about.
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LindaApril 28, 2017 at 6:00 AM
I am not a huge fan of cars, but I do love vintage cars. But I still do not find this post boring, Diane. I love all the different colours of cars, and the shapes. Very nice! Your first four photos are gorgeous...very soothing!
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PamApril 28, 2017 at 4:25 PM
Wow....loving the cars! Nice shots.
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27/04/2017 If you do not like cars and particularly Porsche, you may find this post boring!!

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