To finish off the holiday we spent a night in Cherbourg so that we didn’t have such an early start for the ferry the next day. We spent a lovely evening exploring along the waters edge and had dinner in the hotel restaurant.
Candes-Saint-Martin is close to the confluence of the Loire and the Vienne rivers. We went on a lovely circular walk from the town up through the nearby vineyards to the view point.
First we headed up from the river through the town.
Where we reached the vineyards and sunflower fields.
After heading across the fields above the town where we saw many fields of produce we reached the viewpoint overlooking the confluence of the rivers.
We then headed down and walked back along the edge of the town nearest the Loire - it was amazing to see the markers showing just how high the water had risen in the past.
After the walk we stopped at a picnic spot along the way back just up from the river.
The Château de Chenonceau is built spanning the river Cher and is one of the best-known châteaux of the Loire Valley.
On the first day in Fondettes we headed out for an evening walk along the nearby rivers - we’d expected to be able to take a circular route, but it appeared that the return route would be through a field of sheep which we decided probably wasn’t best with Nova so we retraced our steps back along the way we’d come from.