Awaycation Autumn 2025 - Day 15

The weather had looked up by the time I got back from having a look at the river. The satnav was set once again to no tolls with Lyons la Forêt as the destination. 

I had expected us to go via Chenonceaux and Amboise. Max had other ideas and he headed towards Tours again. Onto the department version of the N10 signed Chartres.

It seems that someone in France is making a few bob from selling speed cameras. With most departments keeping the 80k limits the proliferation of cameras certainly seems to have multiplied greatly.

It's frustrating at times avoiding the toll motorways but we stuck to it. 

A lunch stop in a nice picnic spot after a stop for fresh bread near Chateau Renault.

As well as cameras it seems the French have discovered the traffic holdups aka roundabouts. Using indicators might help traffic move!!! Dreux and Evreux seeming the worst of the day.

We eventually arrived at the CCP aire in Lyons at around 4.30pm. The aire is very busy and so on the way I booked a space using credit on my CCP card. The aire is supposed to have ten spaces. Overnight there were nine vans... And two empty spaces!  

We have been to Lyons before (twice) and so didn't need to slog up to the town. Part of the road from the football pitch, next to the campsite and aire, has no footpath, and we didn't want to drag the dog along there.

The aire backs onto the campsite and the vans all park alongside each other facing the stream that runs by. Spaces delimited by what looks like halves sections of telegraph poles. It's nice a quiet for the most part. 

Of course, there's always one moped in every town in France with the shitty loud exhaust... Lyons no exception.

A quiet night was had. Phone signal terrible. WiFi poor. So no chance to watch the Champions League on Amazon Prime. 

Tomorrow? A shortish run up to the coast the Cayeux sur Mer and another CCP aire.