12/09/2019 Where did the last month go to???????

Maximum temperature today 26C, minimum 11C.  Very dry.  12km/h North-easterly winds with gusts up to 25 km/h. 

13/08/2019 Full moon.

14/08/2019 Sunflowers

18/08/2019 Michael and Mary arrive at Angouleme Station from the USA via Paris.

20/08/2019 Visiting Saint Emillion.

21/08/2019 Bordeaux.

23/08/2019 Lourdes which was number one on their bucket list.

24/08/2019 Carcassonne.

26/08/2019 The Cathedral at Albi.

Cathedrale Sainte-Cecile: The largest red-brick cathedral in the world.

27/08/2019 A Potter wasp, a visit back home.

28/08/2019 Visiting St Germain-de-Confolens, Chateau remains.

29/08/2019 Wall murals in Angouleme.

31/08/2019 The convent cloisters in la Rochefoucauld.

More to follow but so much to do before we leave for the RSA 9 October.  Posts will be very sparce I fear for the remainder of the year.  I will visit you all when I can.

09/05/2019 A drive into Angoulême on Tuesday.

Maximum temperature today 16C, minimum 10C.  Odd showers on and off; rain measured this morning 14mm.  38km/h North-westerly winds with gusts up to 87 km/h. 

N141 - Just love the number of trees around and all now so green.

At the bottom off the off-ramp still lots of trees.

A ghost sign in the older part of Angouleme that I cannot decipher....

and another ghost sign where there was originally a Pépinière (Plant nursery).

Lions International sign.

In St Cybard, Angoulême central is at the top of the hill behind this building.

Église Saint-Cybard, a Catholic church.

We went to our favourite restaurant of Chez Doud for lunch, only to discover it had been sold, and is now  O'Resto' d'Sam. Bit of a shock.  The food was OK but it had lost the ambience created by the previous owner!  😒 Not sure I want to return!!

Painted on a Tabac window, a little elf stealing some food while the guest is happily reading a book.

Angoulême covered market

At the back of the market.

Looking down the hill at the Railway station...

Over the roof tops...

as above...

and a closer look at the mural.

Leaving Angoulême this is next to the city wall, I have yet to discover what it actually is! Too elaborate for a lookout tower!

A drive-by shot across the fields of La Rochefoucauld Chateau.  More green trees.

See also my Bird blog 

and My life In the Charente

30/08/2017 A trip to Angouleme.

Maximum temperature 25C, minimum 16C.  14 km/h NE wind with 47km/h gusts.  Some rain not measured yet.

The fountain on the outskirts of Angouleme just before the station.

The rail station.

One of Angouleme's many painted walls.

I must have driven past this building 100's of times and I have never noticed the carvings before!

More carvings in the centre of town.

The castle - and town hall now.

In the gardens of the Hotel Mercure...

as above showing the view.

Looking down onto the railway....

and the Charente river...

and another wall painting.

Roses in the garden, they had just had a shower.

Lunch at Chez Doud...

We were early so I could take a shot of the inside...

and the dessert menu...

Cheers.

Nigel was fascinated by this electric car...

as above.

Then the rain came down driving home, though we have not had much on our garden:-((

05/01/2017 A trip into Angouleme and new twin arrivals.

Maximum temperature 8C, minimum -1C. 18 km/h NE wind. No rain.

I have put this wall painting on my blog a number of times but it never ceases to delight me...

Interesting lighting driving underneath through the tunnel.

A view of the church in Angouleme in the distance...

Driving back home again

Two sets of twins in our neighbour's paddock...

As above...

Wait for me...

catching up...

Thirsty work this playing around.