we had an uneventful drive down to the campsite – le moulin fort, and tent went up easily just before the only rain of the holiday. and we chilled out and wondered what on earth we were actually going to do! luckilly we went armed with books 
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i liked the difference in the 2 books, and we gave the girls some choices, and they chose mushroom caves, zoo and villandry.
chris and i were a bit pooped with the travelling, so sat we wasted! we did crafts at the campsite, a big shop at carrefour and a mooch around a nearby village and along the cher.
whilst we were travelling around i was mean enough to ensure that at least myself an sb listened to a cheap as chips audio cd course. this boosted my confidence, and also SB’s, enabling us to have a stab at speaking french out and about.
we mostly did cd’s one and two, and even BB was getting the hang of it through repetition. back for camp curry, chris and the girls going to the unheated pool while i made it. i don’t believe chris actually went in though…
oh, and i bought a few more french books at carrefour – 4 of this series, but *far* more cheaply!
but i love their simple french and we all agreed they were a nice story! [even though i wasn't going to buy any more]
that night we were treated to a french evening across the banks of the cher, including je ne regrette rien! [also accordions etc] and realised we were on the flight path of tourist ballons getting lower to pass chenonceau – sometimes v low!! beautiful.
A late start sunday meant that we went for the caves option. we had a picnic and then had a good look round the mushroom and then the tufa caves. we were the only non french in the first tour, so i translated 
obviously just the gist! in the second group were more english, so we got a translation. both tours were really interesting. i prefered the mushrooms, but bourre was where the best tufa for the chateau came from, so interesting to here how it was quarried, as well as see the ‘underground city’ which a local stonemason is gradually carving.
that evening i went in the pool with the girls – much splashing and laughing. it was freezing!