We started the day on Wednesday walking into town for a bit of sightseeing and a coffee before heading off. The town of Charville is bigger than we thought with a large square 'Place Ducal' being its centre piece - a very impressive area surrounded by elegant buildings built over arcades with numerous cafes and restaurants. We chose the one that sold the best looking croissants to have with our coffee.
The town is also noted for its festival of puppetry held each September, the whole town becoming a Mecca for artists from all over the world.
We then journeyed on in the van to Haybes to meet up with our friends John and Ann who left the UK in the morning. The pretty municipal campsite at Haybes is right on the riverbank and also next to the continuation of the cycle track we just left at Charleville.
It was lovely to meet up with our friends and we spent the evening catching up over a meal and a few drinks.
A chilly start to the day on Thursday but at least it wasn't raining! We all set off to cycle north towards Givet at the northern end of the track. After 10 miles we found an interesting sculpture to be our resting place for picnic lunch then Ann and I headed back to the campsite whilst Keith and John heading further on - not quite making it to Belgium but clocking up a respectable 32miles by the time they got back.
Sadly it's still not warm enough to sit outside to eat but we had another sociable evening in the van chatting about our plans for the next few weeks
Our next stop to tomorrow is Luxembourg and another cycle path!
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