Maximum temperature 21C, minimum 10C. 9 km/h NE wind with 19 km/h gusts. Dry and another reasonable day despite fog this morning.
Nine bottles of quince jelly bottled this morning.
Then the pest controller came to sort out the hornets which were becoming a huge problem...
As above. After spraying he broke up the nest and managed to put a small hole through the ceiling in our bathroom which is the other side of the wall. We must have swept up over 100 hornets in the bathroom and in our bedroom!
The back roads of La Rochefoucauld...
as above...
Rue des Tanneurs ( Street of the tanners)...
Until the 19th century tanning played an important part of the economy in La Rochefoucauld. As a lot of water is required in tanning the establishment was set up close to La Tardoire river.
I am hoping that my French speaking followers will be able to read this sign but the writing is not very big.
The above road...
La Tardoire looking towards La Rochefoucauld chateau,
and looking in the opposite direction.
The wall around the town was built to protest the inhabitants during the 100 years war from 1397 onwards. The wall was 1 metre 70 thick (5 ft 6ins) with 6 gateways and 5 towers. apart from a section of the Coquille gate (above) the wall was demolished in 1850.
Info for the above.
La Rochefoucald with the church St Cybard in the distance...
The town hall. The Police station is on the left of this photo, you can see two policeman on their bikes...
I took a drive by shot of this a couple of weeks back and said I had never seen it before and did not know what was there....
now I know :-)
and to finish the day off after a fish meal we had quince and apple crumble. So many quinces still on the tree!!
