We almost went on a wine tasting tour today. It's hard not to when in Beaune, but also very difficult to decide which of the wine tours to go on. Anyhow, I got the time wrong and the last tour and our chosen cellar tour left half an hour before. We had left the car at Chorley les Beaune and cycled in through the vineyards. So we had a wander round, avoided the rain, and cycled back! We were quite excited as Sian and Jolyon had told us that they were getting married! So wedding talk and planning proved a welcome distraction from yet more rain.
Abbaye Tarte - Abbaye Tarte, 10 km from our mooring was, I think, an order of Cistercian nuns founded in 1120. In my map clearly marked 'Vestiges de Abbaye Tarte, but in reality there was absolutely nothing there since it burned down in 1638. This was confirmed by a local. Never mind, the cycle ride was worth it. Anemonies and cowslips all the way and the trees just starting to come into leaf - beautiful!
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