It was overcast, so we thought we would have a drive out again and as yesterday, no real plans as to where. Armed with a picnic we headed west on the north side of the river Ainse towards Compiègne stopping at every river crossing for photos. We found a small campsite on a lake in Attichy, that looked promising for any future visit, I had a quick look round but it started to rain and I had to quickly run back to the car.
We eventually got to the edge of the Compiègne forest and stopped in a small car park overlooking a lake for lunch, it was raining fairly heavily as we ate. Close to where we had our food, was the armistice clearing (the armistice between the Allies and Germany was signed in a railway carriage in a clearing in the Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918). We we drove the to the official car park and walked the short distance to the clearing. There is a replica of the carriage in a very small museum there but you have to pay to see it, the original railway carriage was destroyed by the SS in Germany in 1945.
After that, as it was still wet, we drove through the forest to Crépy-en-Valois and then into Soissons to stock up from a supermarket, we got stuff for a barbie tomorrow. We also filled up with fuel (600 miles on one 60 litre tank), pretty miserable day so not many photos.
Dot was woken during the night by noisy neighbours, although I didn't really notice but this is very unusual for a campsite.
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