Exploring le Mele-sur-Sarthe

 Wednesday 3 April

Another beautiful day and a little bit warmer than yesterday.  Out for a walk this morning, the boulangerie was certainly our first stop.  So with a 'traditional' (small baguette) popped in our rucksack to have for lunch along with the cheeses and bananas.   There are some lovely new homes around the small town, but the centre is very old and rather run-down with several closed shops.  We will not be ordering a pizza from this one ...

  

 

 

 

Favourite house today
 

This map of the town shows the Voie Verte - the green line - that's an old railway line cycle/walking path.  We walked part way left, back to the lake to sit and eat our picnic, then to the right, finding a few geocaches along the way.  


Busy munching

Not what you might think .... hoping to find the cache here ...






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