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 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.
