We wanted to continue on the Raymond Blanc trail and drove 65 miles to the bistrot Le Pontalier at Port Lesney in The Doubs region close to the Jura, where Raymond cooked a meal for his family. We booked a meal for Sunday lunch time and then walked around the village, which was a complete mismatch of styles and different buildings.
It is very rural here and the roads are very narrow. We drove to Champagne sur Loue and found a campsite which was just about to close for the winter and so drove on to Arc et Sanens. The aire seemed a bit crowded so we stayed nearby on our own overlooking fields.
We had a walk into the village, which seemed pretty dingy, but on our way back walked the other way and found a place called Royale Salines en Sanen, which was an old salt mine/producer. It was a bit like an oasis. They had employed a famous architect to design the Romanesque buildings and it had been designated a Unesco world heritage site. It was just closing so we may return tomorrow if we get time