I have always had a fascination for history, and certainly find man’s inventive ability to fashion such awful weapons to be also quite chilling. Just glancing inside these machines made me certain that you would never get me in one! I don’t enjoy confined spaces at the best of times, but couple that with being shot at… the worst kind of horror that I could imagine.

By the time we reached Saumur, Mel was feeling decidedly unwell (or so she claimed!), and as such insisted that I head to the world famous tank museum by myself. There I spent an afternoon wandering amongst these man made beasts and snapping away. I have only included the collection of WWII German armour below, as I have so many images and while I find them interesting, for most people I am sure one tank looks like another after a while! Certainly worth a visit if you have even the slightest interest in such things…