20/03/2018 Same route, same shops, and same view of a slightly different sunset !

Maximum temperature today 6C, minimum 0C.   Dry; 20 km/h North Easterly winds with up to 57 km/h gusts.  Bitterly cold winds, despite blue skies, we both felt colder today than the rest of winter!!

Last night, I missed the setting sun but liked the sky anyway!

All the below were taken as drive-by shots so some are a bit blurred!

Today just leaving home...

Lopsided trees presumably because of the overhead wires

 Winter wheat on both sides of the road...

The farm house in the distance...

another farm, ploughed fields, wonder what they will plant....

More winter wheat.

The small village of Taponnat-Fleurignac,....

as above

Possibly a cherry tree (some what blurred), though ours are not in flower yet, forsythia - the yellow shrub in front.

Same old supermarket slightly different view....

Heading back home past the hardware section of  Leclerc, service station in the front.

Railway crossing entering Taponnat....

The new boulangerie - shut; it was lunch time !

More forsythia seen on the the way home.

Tonight's sunset.  Guess by now you have noticed all my sunsets are pretty much taken from the same spot outside in the road!!

I have a new blog entirely committed to our feathered friends.

https://myafricanbirds.blogspot.com 

17/06/2017 A visit to Chasseneuil and local market.

Maximum temperature 26C, minimum 12C. 30 kmh NE wind 36 km/h gusts  Dry.

Nigel went to see the Dr about his shoulder (again), so I went with him and walked on into town as parking by the Dr was easier on Saturday

I crossed over the railway line, they are seriously talking about closing this line which is sad.  Only 3 small trains a day between Limoges and Angouleme, and I guess they think it is too expensive to keep the track up to standard.  It will make life difficult for the school and college students that use it.

I passed the tourist info office, and the superb, but small museum that is mostly about the town's history during WWII.

Hydrangeas and petunias.

Just behind the museum are three wood carvings, this one of an eagle..

a man...

and an angel playing a harp,  A team of wood carvers come from Canada to town regularly.  They are amazing to watch and this is some of the results.

Petunias again, and I do not know what the other flowers are.

The fountain outside the museum.

Walking further on I passed the Cafe des Sports...

and the Hotel de Ville which is in fact the Mairie (mayor's office).  This building has just been cleaned from top to bottom and is looking particularly good at present.

Walking on  further is the church of St Saturnin, dated from the eleventh and twelfth centuries, where the Saturday morning market is always held

I was heading into the middle of the market, see the man in the blue shirt, just off right of the centre, he is at the fresh oyster stand where I was heading...

this stand says Pineau de Charente but it looks like they have other drinks there as well...

Superb fresh fruit and vegetables.

Walking back I passed this tree which I think is a Catalpa bignonioides or Indian bean tree but please correct me if I am wrong.

Last stop was to buy a baguette at the bakery.  Our favourite place is closed for two weeks holiday so I tried this one for a change.  Not bad but......  The Pizza place beyond it is very good, though we do not visit it that often.

P.S. Nigel is returning to the physio for a few more treatments and if no joy then he will see the specialist next month.  It has become chronic and has been going on and off for a couple of years so........

21/05/2016 The local market.

Maximum temperature 27C, minimum 10C.   35km/h SW winds.  Rain this evening not measured yet.

Flowers in the Mairie's garden.

The boulangerie was quiet today!

Cheese in the market.

Artichokes.

Clothes.

Handbags.

Flowers.

Fruit.

Odds and ends.

Vegetables...

as above.

Ducks, chickens and other poultry.

Oysters...

Which we had for lunch.

12/12/2015 A trip to Chasseneil.

Maximum temperature 14C, minimum  4C.   18 km/h SE wind. Dry.  Inside the greenhouse the temperature went up to 38C so I do not really believe the 14C !!

I wondered what had been eating the sorrel - caught in the act!!

The plants are confused - blossom on the Japanese quince, and buds on the cherry and the fig trees

Seen in Chasseneuil today....

and the whole doorway.  

The war memorial.

The boulangerie, we were late, so not a lot left.

The bag and shoe shop...

as above....

also as above.

In the window at the tabac...

as above.

and out side the florist.

The promised photos of the Christmas Fair will go on tomorrows post as we will be doing boring jobs like packing!!!