Warm and sunny with a light breeze, clouding over later. I wanted to go to Jardiland to get new plants to replace the ones that had died in the tree plantation on the roof. I had to check online for the nearest shop, which was at Cormontreuil in Reims. It was 11.30 a.m. by the time we were all ready to go and, as the shop closes for lunch 12.00 until 14.00, we went for a ride to see the Chemin des Dames and the wonderful views from it. We paused to look at the monument to the Basques who fought and died in WW1, then saw a German cemetery at Fort de la Malmaison. Off to Reims via the N31 through Fismes. First stop Castorama (big DIY shop) for Mike to get a bolt, some S-hooks and brushes (he didn’t get any of the latter only the bolt) then we went to Cora Sud and had some lunch in their cafeteria – chicken and veal kebabs with chips followed by ice creams as a treat. Then we went for a look around Jardiland. Mum spotted a beautiful crimson flowered bromliad, which she wanted to take home with her and a pot of asters. We looked at the birds, fish and fluffy animals then looked around the trees outside. I bought a box plant, a silver thing to replace the one that had died and a flowering Erica to go in the same pot to replace the red leaved tree that had died. We were all tired and wanted to go home. A slow drive through Reims as they had added new tram tracks down the centre of the main road to Laon, so a four lane road was now reduced to two and no parking outside the shops. On our return, Mike set to work to make his new support strap for the adjuster on the alternator belt (the adjuster broke and a replacement had to be quickly made as we left Lokeren). The strap is to stop the support flexing, this had caused a low stress brittle fracture
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