PhotoDiary: Montemboeuf

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Sunday, April 8, 2018

08/04/2018 Now I am running two days late!!

Maximum temperature today 15C, minimum 9C. 1 mm of rain measured over the last two mornings; 21 km/h South Westerly winds with up to 56 km/h gusts.

Total rainfall so far this year now 421 mm.

On Friday we had a club luncheon at Montemboeuf we parked near to the church.

Église de Saint-Sixte (Church of St. Sixtus)

The menu.

Everyone trying to find a place to sit!

Amuse bouche served with a cherry kir. Latter not photographed.

Pumpkin soup.

Prawns in a pancake shaped like a basket.

Duck breast with French green beans and chips

Take your choice from the cheese selection.

Dessert. 4 in 1.

Our friend Alan, cheers. It was good to see him out and about, he has not been well after a bad fall from a ladder.

The Montemboef war memorial.

Back home I saw that the Mirabelle plum tree was in blossom.

Sunset, photo taken from the back door.

Friday, November 17, 2017

17/11/2017 Out to lunch with friends yesterday.

Maximum temperature 9C, minimum 2C. 16 km/h NE winds, 33 km/h gusts. Dry.

The French in Charente are really good each year at cleaning out the roadside ditches.

A farm tractor but the road was wide enough for us both.

Arriving at Roussines.

Ready for lunch. Yes there is a selfie in the mirror at the back 😉

The only photo I remembered to take of the food, we were talking too much! This was an onion tart starter and was really tasty. This was followed by a chicken casserole, and pudding was tarte tatin.

One of the pictures on the wall.

Driving home past Montemboeuf church.

Yet another tractor, but on yet another fairly wide stretch of road.

N.B. Because photos are hard to come by in this weather, posts may well be a bit intermittent and not daily!!!!

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

25/10/2017 Join us on a drive to Busserolles for lunch.

Maximum temperature 24C, minimum 10C. 6 km/h SE winds, 13 km/h gusts. Dry.

Just as we pulled out of our road we were met with this and had to reverse back !!!! Think it was heading up the road to the next hamlet where they were harvesting corn.

First stop was Chasseneuil, a small job to do here....

We then drove through Montemboeuf which you can see in the distance, the sun was in my eyes, but you can see how busy the traffic was in the sky was with vapour trails everywhere.

I tried to pick up some autumn colours here, but still I had competition from the sun!

Man at work.

Arrival at Busserolles, not sure what the flags were up for...

More on the town here when we visited earlier this year.

Inside the restaurant, we would have liked to have sat outside but there was no room...

I quite liked the pictures of musical instruments - different.

Buffet starter which had some delicious choices...

I had a perfectly cooked very rare steak that melted in my mouth, Nigel had chicken which he said was excellent, he had a huge helping but the photo was not very good.

Then came the cheese board with French bread of course...

Followed by dessert - Nigel had cheesecake and I had a chocolate pudding with ice cream also not a good photo!

Great value for money. Four courses, wine and coffee came to €34 for the two of us. We will return 😉 Highly recommended but best to book, people were being turned away!

On the way home we stopped at a chateau and I got a good series of photos, but as nothing much planned for tomorrow, I will take you for a short walk in the area then.