France holiday day 5 - Chambord, the chateau not the raspberry spirit

First decent sleep of the holiday with a very cool night. Collected our bread but none for Monday :(
After some debate whether to drive or cycle around for the chateaus we got our bikes for the 20 km ride to Chambord, the daddy of them all. It was sort of a scenic route, perhaps I was expecting French countryside perfection but nothing outstanding. Lots of vineyards, a few villages but no reasons to stop cycling and take photos. There were one or two times where you'd either got confused or realise the route took you on a small, useless loop. Towards the end were secluded wooded areas then the impressive driveway to the Chateau.

That picture postcard feeling didn't last long as getting a sense where cyclists should go disappeared and the 100's of tourist buses and cars being parked brought you back to earth. Also, with all the promotion of cycling there was nowhere to park the bikes so used a tree.
The first view really does blow you away at how grand it is. to look at but quite limited inside.
Complete tourist trap but still worth seeing just for the impressive architecture.
Cycle 20 km each way. Interesting route but not that scenic.
Got lost on way back as there was no cycle route markings