Hi Nick, why not join us in the Hotel de France in la Chartre sur le Loir
http://www.lhoteldefrance.fr definitely petrolhead friendly, the sort of Logis that you thought had disappeared, fantastic motoring heritage, lovely village, very reasonable rates etc, etc. We're staying there in between Chantilly and Angoulême, from 11th to 14th, travelling down to Angoulême on the Thursday, sounds like it'll be on some of the route you describe, autoroute to Châtellerault, then the old tourist road following the Vienne to Confolens and finally Angoulême. You'd better get your booking in quickly as I saw the other day that the Hotel de France is being used by one of the travel companies for their package deal to the Circuit des Remparts. It's worth ringing the hotel, we booked at the beginning of the year and the online booking was showing full for the dates we wanted but in fact there were vacancies, best of luck!
