07/08/2017 A very busy day where nothing went according to plan!!

Maximum temperature 27C, minimum 13C.   7 km/h NE wind with 18 km/h gusts.  Rain not measured.  Storms suddenly in the forecast!!!

On the road at sparrow to go to Soyaux for an appointment.  Holiday season and the roads are light on traffic.

Crossing La Touvre river.

A pretty roundabout at Soyaux.

Some of the streets between Soyaux and Angouleme on the return trip... 

as above...

In Angouleme, I am not sure which church this is.

This train was presumably touring the city but there were very few tourists inside.

Heading back home from Angouleme...

As above, note the metal lobster on the wall!

Going under the railway bridge.

Nearly home men at work.

21/07/2017 I am now a day behind myself thanks to the snail like WIFI connection yesterday.........

Maximum temperature 24C, minimum 10C.   15 km/h NW winds with 18 km/h gusts.  Dry.

Driving to Soyaux yesterday past fields of sunflowers.

Seemed that all had been pretty much cleared by the time we got there!

Crossing over La Touvre river.

Love this roundabout in Soyaux where they have restored part of an old building in the centre.

Hay on the move.

Only 3 trains a day on this track between Angouleme and Limoges so this is a rare occasion to be stopped on the road.

Californian poppy

Small copper  (Lycaena phlaeas)

Sweet potato flower with a fly looking out.

Graphosoma lineatum.

A small hopper on the calendula...

and two what I think are shield bugs.

09/12/2015 A trip to the hairdresser for a cut and photos along the route.

Maximum temperature 13C, minimum 3C, 19 km/h SE wind. Dry.

Just as I was leaving the house, the neighbours sheep.

A little further along the road, much logging is still going on....

and a bit further on as well.

The one carriage train from Limoges to Angouleme is passing by (note the serious hair cut the trees have had)....

and crossing the road.

In the car park, more signs of tree pruning...

and looking the other way as well.

The hairdressers.

Loved Papá Noel painted on their door. :-))

08/01/2015 Photos in the garden, and a trip to Soyaux.

Maximum temperature 10C,minimum 6C.  Heavy rain driving home late afternoon.