Showing posts with label Saint-Estèphe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saint-Estèphe. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

21/03/2018 Out for a drive and lunch with friends.

Maximum temperature today 9C, minimum -1C.   Dry; 16 km/h North Easterly winds with up to 45 km/h gusts.  Still bitterly cold winds, despite blue skies. 
Passing by La Rochefoucald and the chateau...

On the road towards Montbron...

The Mairie in Montbron....

and the building next door which I do not know what it is.  

A 1965 Panhard in the car park where we all met.

Back on the road passing ploughed fields...

A very large wood pile - maybe expecting an even colder winter next year!....

Driving through Varaignes - Each November they hold a turkey fair in the town, where after a great meal, plus wine, the locals get up on a stage to compete in the traditional 'who can make the best turkey noise'.  It must be an hilarious event!

also driving through Varaignes...

and driving out the other side.

A very brave man in front, driving an MG with the roof down!!! Brrrrr.

A mid morning stop in Saint-Estèphe for a morning coffee.

Back on the road; passing stables...

Hoping that we do not meet a car coming the other way...

A natural tunnel...

Crossing a river - I do not know which one it was...

The church at Bussiere-Badil; Church Notre-Dame de la Nativité.

Twenty two of us enjoying lunch at Roussines.

Back home, the first cowslips of the year are appearing by the roadside.


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

Friday, April 15, 2016

15/04/2016 A trip to the Dordogne to see friends.

Maximum temperature 18C, minimum 8C.  20 km/h SW winds.  6mm rain measured this morning.
Travelling to the Dordogne through villages...

and forests.

After a fabulous lunch we went to the local dam for a walk, not many people there and it was raining lightly.


There are a number of legends around the dam...

concerning devils and stories of Richard the Lion Heart.

A reminder to keep an eye open for the devil!

I only had the little Samsung camera, but these are still sort of recognisable as Mallards.

Not sure about this - the devil maybe?

A Pied wagtail on the weir.

Looking across the dam....

Can you see the little red building at the end of the dam, the men were waiting for us there.

Wendy hauling us across the dam on the ferry.  It works so well and was remarkably easy.

Walking back I was fascinated by this fallen tree with green leaves shooting.