I didn't write up the drive back from Switzerland, but something just reminded me, so here are very brief notes:
Set off alongside the Rhône. It is something special to see the river near its beginnings at the glacier: so small and fast, but soon it draws in from other sources and becomes wider and eventually majestic.
Admired the windfarm between the mountains which catches the draught that howls down the valley.
Avoiding Swiss motorway, went on the south side of Lake Geneva. Had snack on a cliff over the lake near Évian (later detoured through Vichy in a collect-the-set sort of way).
Frontier, what frontier?
How can they tell it's the Rhône coming out on the west side? Giant poohsticks? Was tempted to continue following it to the Med, but considered things to be done at home and resisted. It may have been the wrong choice, but there should be other times.
Drove through Miéville and he wasn't in. [0]
Napped near Bourg-en-Bresse.
Had a meal in my favourite motorway services and took photos of George Humphrey there.
Saw a castle on the horizon and just had to go down that road. Oh wow. http://www.chateau-la-rochefoucauld.com; sorry to link to such a crappy site but it has some pictures.
[0] This of course was what reminded me - someone mentioned reading one of his books. He was born in Norwich, though.
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