12/02/2016 Too much rain! Nigel buys a new bike.

Maximum temperature 12C, minimum 4C.   57 km/h W winds. 18 mm rain measured this morning. 276mm so far this year!

Driving to Champniers, the weather was foul....

Farmland at the side of the road, totally saturated.

Arriving at the cycle shop the rain stopped temporarily...

Take your pick in colours...

This looks more like a motorbike that a bicycle!

A very wide choice.

Nigel's new bike; anyone want to buy his old one?

As above.

Driving back home, the rain starts again....

Meeting up with a 2CV on a very wet road.

04/02/2016 A trip to Chasseneuil, Champniers and a couple of birds. Also had the fruit trees pruned today.

Maximum temperature 10C, minimum 0C.  39 km/h SW winds. Dry. Well sort of there was a bit of drizzle!

The experts came to prune all our fruit trees today, full days job!

Nigel surveying the 'damage'.

Old tractor in Chasseneuil.

Lidl has its signs up :-)

En route to Champniers.

Champniers - Angouleme's Industrial area.

Decathlon, sports shop - two warm winter vests and a good pair of walking shoes.

La Rochefoucauld Château in the distance.

Shopping at the supermarket on the way home.

Greenfinch.

Great tit.

17/08/2015 A trip to Champnier and La Rochefoucauld and checking on the cats.

Maximum temperature 23C, minimum 10C.  12 km/h. Dry.

28/11/2014 A trip to Champniers and Chasseneuil. The latter was for a hair cut for me.

Maximum temperature 18C. Gusts of wind up to 75 kph, very hard to stand up in places!

19/02/2014 Shopping at Champniers (just North of Angouleme). Then we returned to Leclerk and Lidl.

Maximum temperature 11C. 2 mm rain measured overnight. Some drizzle later not measured as yet.