When we were picked up from the airport by the Peugeot rep he was quick to tell us that yesterday was 47 degrees in the area - I’m not sure we felt it as 47 but it sure as hell was hot.
After taking ownership of our chocolate 3008 which we will have for the next 7 weeks we set the GPS for Valence and gingerly set off
On the way down the car temperature gauge was reading mid 30s and the aircon was asked to work overtime. After 2 stops we arrived at Bourg-les-Valence mid afternoon and found our way to our B&B for our overnight stay.
Trying to converse with our hosts was a challenge as they (a reasonably elderly couple) had next to very little English so we called on all of our school learnt French and managed to work our way through the conversation which had numerous references to the Canicule.
We then drove into Valence itself and walked around the shops mainly in the old town all the time endeavouring to stay in the shade and if necessary inside a shop to take advantage of the air con. The town is nice without being startling and was rather sparsely populated due I suspect to the temperature
Late in the afternoon we returned to the B&B and revived in their outside pool before returning to town for a meal
Kms driven today: 265
Kms driven today: 265
Big Mac Index Valence $7.04
Canicule - Heatwave
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