La Breille les Pins...
La Breille les Pins is part of the Saumur Val de Loire agglomeration, and is a small paradise for hikers, nature lovers and mushroom pickers! The forest that gave it its name is indeed covered by a 22-kilometre hiking trail. And fishermen, for their part, enjoy the calm of the vast lake of the Lodges.
Until the day when...
Until the third weekend of August!
Once is not customary... normally, in the "Unusual Great West" I do not mention events, fugitive by nature.
But, in this case, the quite extraordinary race that I am going to point out, you can go and see it, since it takes place every year on the third Sunday of August. And then, as for the unusual !
The 2CVs run on water !
Indeed, every year, during this weekend, the water of the Lodges, usually so peaceful, comes to life. Dinner dance on Saturday evening, garage sale on Sunday morning, and, in the afternoon... 2CV race on the water !
These 2CVs are obviously "a little" tinkered with!
Their engine, mounted upside down, furiously turns a propeller, and, slightly doped, it can propel the whole thing up to 100 km/h!
Needless to say that these madmen, who occur, in association, in other places as well, delight the public with sheaves of water and incidents of all kinds!
If you're in the right place at the right time, don't miss these hours of good humour!
La Breille les Pins
Mairie
4, rue Saumuroise
49390 La Breille les Pins
Tél. : 02 41 52 02 82
mairie.labreille-les-pins@wanadoo.fr
Saumur Val de Loire Tourisme
8 bis, quai Carnot
49415Saumur cedex
Tél .: 02 41 40 20 60
infos@ot-saumur.fr
Click on the image
Click on the image
Click on the image
