The long and – mostly – straight RN147 (Route Nationale) is one of France’s principal north-south corridors and unavoidable if you’re heading north from our neck of the woods towards the Channel ports, as we were earlier this week.

Heading north towards Poitiers, the road passes by a major power station, whose huge chimneys are visible from a long way off.

Cellpic Sunday 11 August 2024