11/10/2016 The Chimney sweep, (also our tiler and friend), arrived to sort out our chimney. A drive to Angouleme for an MRI but I will not have any answers till I see the surgeon on the 24th.

Maximum temperature 17C, minimum 3C.  27km/h NE wind. Dry.

I find the above temperatures hard to believe when you can see our car is only reading 10C at 11h40!!!

The chimney sweep putting on his gloves...

always with a happy face...

Going uuuuuuup......

Brushing the chimney...

and spotlessly cleaning up afterwards.

Driving past La Rochefoucauld....

and on to Angouleme...

The roundabout and also a fountain near the station...

Angouleme Station... see Lucien on the left........

The giant statue of Lucien. Created by Frank Margerin, a French cartoonist, his most famous character, Lucien, was created in 1979. Lucien is a rocker from Malakoff with a huge pompadour that forms a cone in front of his face.

A monument at the station commemorates the forced deportations of local people by the Nazis in 1944, on trains from this station to  concentration camps in Germany.

Heading back towards home yet another lovely road sign - artificial lakes created 25 years ago for water supply and recreation.

We also had lunch near the station, but those hunger-making photos can wait for tomorrow,  as we have nothing else planned for what looks like a chilly day.

02/12/2015 Shopping and a few more feathered friends.

Maximum temperature 13C (I do not believe it!), minimum 0C. 13 km/h E wind. Frost

Blue tit.

Chasseneuil church with Xmas decorations in front.

Gardening shop in front, the church on the left.

7C at midday!!!  Proof.

Xmas tree in Leclerc.

 Recycling at Leclerc.

Farmland on the way home.  Crop is a brassica of some kind....

and winter wheat.

Railway crossing at Taponnat....

and the Mairie.  (Town Hall)

The chaffinches are keeping their distance!

The great tits are moving in!

23/11/2015 Out for a drive.

Maximum temperature 8C, minimum -1C. 14 km/h NE wind. 1mm rain.

A murky drive to Angouleme.

Pink cotton wool clouds

Only 1 degrees centigrade!

Quarry workings.

My pet hate once again - wind turbines.

Overlooking the town of Saintes.

Sunset back home.

Christmas cactus.

Encornet for dinner.

21/11/2015 Out shopping,weather slightly better but cold. Off to friends this evening.

Maximum temperature 10C, minimum 1C. 56 km/h NW very cold wind. 20 mm rain overnight and yesterday.

Sparrow.

Great spotted woodpecker.

12h06 and only 6C!!!

These road works have been here for months and not a sign of anything happening!

Shopping at Leclerc.

Road hazard driving home on a solid white line....

He is still there at the rail crossing....

Tapponat and yes he is still there!!!

10/03/2015 Looking for a new printer and a check-up at the Doctor

Maximum temperature 19C, minimum 5C. Dry.

N.B. We are away for 3 days and the computer will stay behind. If you are lucky you may get an odd photo via the nexus:-)  I am not good at blogging on the pad!