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Date: 20th September 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 80 kms from Saint-Hubert to Dinant  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  Chateau Lavaux-Sainte-Anne and Dinant   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Dinant Aire, \u20ac10, N50.256161, E4.907426<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 118 days @ \u20ac102 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We get an early wake up this morning in Hubert. The council depot is next door and we hear trucks going around 6 am. Still dark so we roll over for another hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having purchased a loaf of bread from a bakery yesterday afternoon, we breakfast with some lovely toast this morning. The heavy dark German bread does get a little boring after a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We service the Hymer once again get ready for the road. Stopping at the Carrefour for a quick shop as we do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirty minutes later we arrive at Chateau Lavaux-Sainte-Anne. Our guide book recommends visiting this moated chateau, so we pay our \u20ac7pp (seniors). In the early 13th century a watchtower was built here on the road from Saint-Hubert and Rochfort. Over the next 4 centuries it was expanded into a moated castle before its transition into a hunting lodge come chateau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Across the moat to the entry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The outer courtyard garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crossing the second moat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Let the taxidermy begin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The chateau and its gardens are beautifully presented. Even better we are the only people visiting although a few others start arriving as we finish up. The furnishings are period as you would expect and if it once walked the Ardennes there is an example of it stuffed on a wall or a mantle piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A 1730 version of a roman bath was installed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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