Still on the plains of Haut-Sommes long straight
roads passed huge border-less fields. Roman roads then a fenced in
field with the Mediaeval ridge and furrow pattern – a preserved
field?? When we first came to France there were only a very few
roundabouts – all 'priorite a droit' when anything approaching from
the right had priority. Then the French decided to adopt the British
roundabout and, with the zealousness of the converted, they put them
everywhere even in the most rural of locations where the chances of
two vehicles approaching within the same minute is extremely slim. It
was therefore a delight when the Sat Nav announced “continue for
50km” which meant that there were no turnings and no roundabouts
for a whole 30 miles!
There were two more archaeological sites on our
route both near Naix-aux-Forges. We couldn't find the first but
managed to find the second although wished we hadn't! It turned out
to be 1.5 km along a stone track, including a section up a steep
hill. It was another Celtic oppidum and the site that we couldn't
find was, probably, a more interesting Roman temple however it was a
long walk to the site and we didn't have time to visit it.
With Henrietta no worse for her stone-track
experience, we ploughed on using the smoother asphalt of a proper
road.
We arrived at the pretty town of Thann on the
River Thur where we parked up in the aire next to the river. We had
time to explore the town and to chat to our British neighbours, Simon
and Julie. They are from Devon and run an unusual business –
Legionnaire's Disease Prevention.
Photos: A unique War Memorial in the very small
village of Naives-en-Blois, carved in stone it shows a soldier
looking out over the sandbags of a WWI trench; Houses on the River
Thur in Thann.
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