Away from the mayhem and violence Macron has caused in cities, here’s something very pleasant. Not in a steam train, however, it’s a cab ride in a vintage 1938 Billiard diesel railcar along the metre-gauge track through picturesque decidious and coniferous woods.

The starting point is Raucoules, home to a railway museum; 27 km distant is Le Chambon-sur-Lignon where the ride ends.