Maximum temperature here today 15C, minimum 9C. Rain measured this morning 15mm. We are now at 257 mm this year, more than double what we had at the same time last year. 23km/h South-westerly wind with gusts up to 51 km/h.
This was a walk that I did on Friday (7.9 kms) and I have only just had a chance to actually put fingers to keyboard. As things are at present it seems this will be my last walk for some time, total confinement to homes is expected to be announced tonight. Not sure what will happen with shopping as we have nowhere nearby and none of our supermarkets deliver. We have enough food in for a few weeks, but what we have could get a bit boring. Sadly this is the only time of the year that our veggie garden is bare. We are not short on wine, so if we don't get the coronavirus we could just die of alcoholic poisoning!!!
This walk was after shopping in our local town, (only smaller supermarkets) and I decided to walk home afterwards while Nigel drove. I took a back road which makes the trip a bit shorter than what we drive.
The main street in our local town of Chasseneuil.
The building with the mural used to be a flower shop but it closed down some months ago.
I quite like this house but not where it is situated. Right in the centre of Chasseneuil, car park one side and supermarket on the other side!
We have never been to this little restaurant but it was always busy. Presumably now, as with all other restaurants in France, it is closed because of Coronavirus.
Looking down a one-way street, the cinema at the bottom of the road is on the right. Also closed at present as with all other public places in France.
I have not walked home this way for some time and I was surprised to see what appeared to be an assault course in a wood just after the hamlet of La Peyrelle. A tube crawl up high in the trees...
A handheld swinging trail...
and a sort of overhead ladder. On the ground were climbing obstacles and nets.
A little further on these cows were having an after-lunch nap.
What looks like irrigation equipment, I guess they have not been in use this year so far!!
A small lavoir with running water. A public wash place which was set aside for the washing of clothes in the olden days. So glad that washing machines were invented!
A well still with its old rusty bucket!
A public track through farmland and forest.
The resistance memorial seen across the fields.
Bullrushes in a pond.
Dandelion clock with a bug.
More photos of this walk to follow.
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