The Boys are exploring the Fortress at Chinon.

Chinon overlooks the river Vienne

Stuart has spitted a lifting mechanism.

Trebuchets

Stuart has found a Minion sized canon; he’s going to use it to lay siege to that vineyard on the hill. Once those pesky grapes have capitulated he’s going to eat them.

Despite the castle being destroyed by siege there are still an awful lot of stairs to climb.

Stuart is at the Cointreau distillery.

There are 17 stills in the distillery room and every bottle of Cointreau in the world is made in this one room.

All Stuart has to do is open this valve…

Some of the bottles are bigger than Stuart.

In a bid to escape the heatwave Stuart has retired to some caves where they grow mushrooms.

Pleurotte Jaune; yellow oyster mushroomsPleurotte rose; pink oyster mushrooms.Towers of shiitake mushroomsPleurotte; oyster mushrooms.

Stuart is excited because the Chateau de Breze is built upon several kilometers of underground tunnels.

Jorge has found a way out of these troglodytic dwellings but it’s a long way up.

Heavily defended but no match for the little yellow menaces.

Even the ovens were underground; Stuart is just checking to see if anyone one has left any bread in here; just in case.

There are at least 10 of these barrels; Stuart is going to pop.

Stuart thinks it needs lashings of butter and garlic; Dave thinks two buckets of water might be more appropriate and would do a better job of cooling his toes.

The town in France; not Stuart’s mood.

Dave standing by the Chateau.

There are some very big doors protecting the city archives in Amsterdam.

One dish each before boarding.

Stuart’s happy; there are underground passages.

Canons!

It getting very late in Helsinki and it’s still not dark and Dave can’t sleep without it being dark.