Showing posts with label Roussines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roussines. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

21/03/2018 Out for a drive and lunch with friends.

Maximum temperature today 9C, minimum -1C.   Dry; 16 km/h North Easterly winds with up to 45 km/h gusts.  Still bitterly cold winds, despite blue skies. 
Passing by La Rochefoucald and the chateau...

On the road towards Montbron...

The Mairie in Montbron....

and the building next door which I do not know what it is.  

A 1965 Panhard in the car park where we all met.

Back on the road passing ploughed fields...

A very large wood pile - maybe expecting an even colder winter next year!....

Driving through Varaignes - Each November they hold a turkey fair in the town, where after a great meal, plus wine, the locals get up on a stage to compete in the traditional 'who can make the best turkey noise'.  It must be an hilarious event!

also driving through Varaignes...

and driving out the other side.

A very brave man in front, driving an MG with the roof down!!! Brrrrr.

A mid morning stop in Saint-Estèphe for a morning coffee.

Back on the road; passing stables...

Hoping that we do not meet a car coming the other way...

A natural tunnel...

Crossing a river - I do not know which one it was...

The church at Bussiere-Badil; Church Notre-Dame de la Nativité.

Twenty two of us enjoying lunch at Roussines.

Back home, the first cowslips of the year are appearing by the roadside.


I have a new blog entirely committed to our feathered friends.

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!!!!

Saturday, October 14, 2017

14/10/2017 The carry over of photos from yesterday.....

Maximum temperature 25C,  minimum 11C.  4km/h SE wind with 12 km/h gusts. Dry.
It is going to be even warmer over the next two days if the forecast is correct :-)
Driving past La Rochefoucald you can see the chateau on the skyline.

One of the streets in Roussines.

L' église Saint-Sulpice de Roussines

The church as above.  Sadly it was closed so I could not go in. 
It had some great stained glass windows but it was not possible to take photos from the outside.

We were fascinated by the finials on the roof apexes of some of the houses...

See above...

as above.

La Lanterne restaurant...

Tomato, mozzarella, balsamic and pesto starter - very tasty...

Fish and chips on Friday...

Rose wine. I forgot a photo of the aperitif; pineau rouge...

Tarte au citron for dessert.
We plan to meet friends there next Sunday to try out the à la carte menu.

Last but not least, the nurse arrived to give us our flu vaccines this morning.

Friday, October 13, 2017

13/10/2017 Friday the 13th - Join us on a drive to Roussines to try a new (to us) restaurant.

Maximum temperature 24C, minimum 10C.  10 km/h SE winds, 17 km/h gusts. Dry.

I took quite a few photos so will  spread them over two days as nothing much planned for tomorrow except the nurse coming to give us our flu injections!
Just down the road from home we noticed many fields of what I think is sorghum.  Not a crop we have noticed previously.

Love these country roads.  Watch out for deer crossing :-)....

some quite sharp corners along the way.

We always meet a tractor somewhere!

Entering the small town of Roussines...

The mayors office with the customary war memorial...

WWI, a small town and 4 members of the Vimpere family...

and sadly WWII takes yet another member of the family.

The old weighbridge...

I was trying to get a photo of the scales inside but all I succeeded in getting was a selfie!!!

I moved right up close to the glass and yes the original old scales are still there.

Watch this space for the rest of the photos tomorrow :-)