Car boot

Bagnoles de l'Orne is a 19 century spa town, just over the border into Normandy.   We had three reasons to go there:  we needed a break from the gîte and garden - there's always something that needs doing; there is a huge car boot sale (vide greniers) there; and there was a guy, not far away, who was giving away some tatty but useful roofing tin that we could use.   So we went.

We stayed in a nice hotel with a fine kitchen, that was right by the entrance to the boot sale.   The sale itself lasts two days, and stretches 6km between Bagnoles de l'Orne and the neighbouring village of Saint Michel des Andaines, down the D386 that was closed for the weekend.  We bought a strange collection of stuff.

The road itself borders an attractive wood that surrounds an old railway track turned into a bike path.  Worth an exploration at a later date, perhaps.   Here's a photo of the loot.  The top was especially good value at 1 euro; nice soft fabric too.

It was clear that the people selling sausage inna bun were selling them as fast as they could take and deliver the orders.    (A bit like the gold rush where the people making money were selling the tools and the jeans)    Used CDs have dropped in price to somewhere between 50 cents and a euro on average.   I don't know if it's because I am learning to play one, but I noticed several accordeons for sale, but they were mostly beyond repair.