The day dawned sunny and, since I was still in a good mood from last night's speedway result, I thought I'd write an article about it from our local newspaper back home, The Alexandra Standard. I had written a previous article about Max Fricke when he won his first Speedway Grand Prix meeting back in 2020, because Max is a local boy who hails from the nearby town of Mansfield. So I contacted the editor and asked if they would be interested in publishing such an article, and she was more than happy. So I spent the morning writing the article and collecting some photos, and sent the article off in the afternoon, for publication in the next edition. I was more than happy with the final result, especially since one of the sub-editors had done some extra research and provided extra words and photos to round out the article.

Since we'd started the day in front of computers, we thought we may as well continue for a while, with Rita doing more work on her thesis and me working on updating this blog. But eventually cabin fever caught up with us, so we jumped in the car and drove south to Chateau de Belvoir, which is situated on a rise above the town of Belvoir, which is above the valley of Sancey.

The Chateau was restored and renovated after WW2 by an artist, whose works are now dispalyed in the Chateau. We paid to go on the guided tour, and while all the commentary was in French, I understood enough to get the gist of the description (with some help by Rita with some translations). I understood enough French to know that just after I took the photo below, the young guide came over and told me that taking photos indoors was not allowed.

After the Belvoir tour was finished, we drove across to the little town of Pompierre-sur-le-Doubs, where a Baroque Concert was taking place tonight. The story, as we learnt later, was that one of the performers was raised in Pompierre, and even though all the performers were international artists, she insisted on playing a concert for her home town when they had a break in their schedule. So, here they were for one night only, playing in the church of her home town. The church was packed with locals, young and old, and we were indeed priviliged to be part of the audience. And they were very good, not just because of their musical ability, but also because of their showmanship which kept the audience engaged.

After the concert finished, we had a short trip back to L'Isle sur le Doubs via back roads, where we found the only restaurant open and had a good pizza dinner with many locals. We then went for a walk through the local camping car campground, just to get a feel for what was available locally for camping cars.