Clermont fans hoping Munster won’t prove a bridge too far

The journey from Clermont-Ferrand to Montpellier takes just over three hours on the A75. It is a fairly spectacular drive, across the Massif Central, down into valleys and rising sharply over the next mountains in a landscape shaped by volcanoes.

Clermont fans hoping Munster won’t prove a bridge too far

Either side of you are rolling green fields of grass populated by healthy-looking herds of cattle. The hay sheds still have fodder in them despite a typically harsh winter with plenty of snow.

The A75 is the only main road running down through the middle of France and the last place you would expect to see one of the wonders of the modern world, but it soon comes into view.

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