Maximum temperature 20C, minimum 12C. 7 km/h NW wind with 21 km/h gusts. Rain not measured as yet.
Cavernous barn style restaurant with a lovely view of the Limousin countryside.
Cattle themed seating area. The Limousin is an area around Limoges reputed for its top quality beef cattle.
Waiting for lunch to get going!
A 1960's record player which was actually in use, but the sound was drowned by the noise of the many patrons in the hangar-like space.
There's that lovely view from the restaurant!
A contour map of the fortress of Chalucet, built and occupied in the 12th and 13th centuries by local titled families in the times of Richard the Lionheart
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An immense operation in the days before mechanical assistance, to drag and lay so many stones on a hilltop!
Two hundred years after the fortress was founded, a troop of bandits took advantage of the fact that the building's owners had moved away and occupied the fortress as a base for their highwaymen's activities.
They were only evicted by the French king's forces after 13 year long battles and payment of an enormous ransom.
Towards the end of the Wars of Religion, in 1594, the Limoges council demolished the fortress to prevent Catholic extremists taking possession, It only took 4 days to achieve this ruinous state...
The vegetation takes over.
Entrance to the cellars, too dangerous these days for public access.
And back at home, a grasshopper on the wall!
