Showing posts with label Gond-Pontourve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gond-Pontourve. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

30/01/2018 Had to go to Angouleme today; take a look at what we saw along the way.

Maximum temperature 12C, minimum 5C. 1 mm of rain measured this morning.  Total this month now 199 mm!! North Easterly winds; 6 km/h with up to 12 km/h gusts.

Today was the first time I have really been out and about.  Feeling pretty good at last but still coughing!
Hazard warning as soon as we were on the highway!

Yes, the team were working on something at the side of the road.

Getting close to Angouleme.

One of the suburbs, Gond-Pontouvre.

Wall mural, sorry about the mark on the windscreen!

Just liked this building....

and this house.

Angouleme's narrow roads can be quite scary!

Up high on the hill is the covered market, Place Les Halles, which is open every day except Mondays.

Colourful flowers on the roundabout, a pleasure to see in winter.

Another mural, this may need a bit more imagination than the one above!

We stopped at our favourite restaurant Chez Doud for a quick lunch, and as we were leaving I spotted this crocus in a pot by the door.   A first for me in 2018.

Back home the great tits were hanging around (Parus major).

As above.


For those interested I have started a series of photos taken on Nevis in the Caribbean here.  Both Part 1 and Part 2.  More to follow

Friday, September 23, 2016

23/09/2016 Out for lunch at a new restaurant for us.

Maximum temperature 25C, minimum 11C. 11 km/h NE wind. Dry.
Just down the road someone is repairing their roof.

The road to Angouleme, but if fact we were turning off to Gond-Pontourve

 Hotel/Restaurant Le Moulin NeufGond-Pontouvre

The Bar.

La Touvre....

As above, not a lot of water at this time of the year....

As above.

Duck was not on the menu!  There were several though swimming around and keeping watch.

Amuse-Bouche,  Lentil veloute and tomato creme.

Starter - I had Joue de boeuf and salade, Nigel had parsnip and sweet potato soup.

Main course - we both had Sword fish.

Dessert, - we also both had baked apple and ice cream.