Every time I walk past these giant leaves in the grounds of Chateau de Chaumont I’m amazed. They look as though they are in the wrong place. After posting every day for three months about Covid19 I need to widen my horizons. Now that the European borders are open we are planning our next cycling …
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Covid Deconfinement Stage 1#16
We cycled to Château de Chambord today (3 hour round trip) for an ice-cream only to discover only the grounds are open! No new deaths in our area today and only 4 patients left in intensive care. There were 65 new deaths in France today against 73 yesterday. Nous sommes allés en vélo au château …
Covid Deconfinement Stage 1#14
Life for us hasn’t really changed much since the first stage of lockdown end began apart from being able to cycle wherever we want. We are avoiding shops as much as we can and keeping to country roads and villages. Wearing a mask is hardly enticing! There was a new death in our area today …
Covid Deconfinement Stage 1#12
We are taking all our favourite cycle routes. This is château de Ménar, between Blois and Saint Dyé, on the Loire. No new deaths in our area for the third day running. The number of new deaths in France keeps going down with 74 today against 83 yesterday and 110 the day before. Nous faisons …
Covid Deconfinement Stage 1#11
It’s so wonderful to be able to cycle to our favourite picnic table for afternoon tea and watch the fish and the water lilies and listen to the cuckoo! It’s only 10 km away but it was off-limits during lockdown. No new deaths in our area while the number of new deaths in France today …
Covid Deconfinement Stage 1#8
Today we went cycling without having to worry about how far or how long we were away from home. We rode through the centre of town which, being Monday, was quite deserted, then along the Loire to Cours-sur-Loire, a distance of 18 km. It was wonderful! One new death in our area and 131 new …
Covid Confinement Day 24
Living in a house with a garden outside a town of 50,000 people makes lockdown very livable particularly during spring. Today we were able to order and pick up lettuce plants from the local nursery without getting out the car and we can now even buy flowers such as petunias. We are putting in an …
Winter Walk – Promenade d’hiver
We seem to be having a very mild winter this year. The temperature has rarely gone below freezing and not a single snowflake. We might well be cycling again next month! L’hiver semble très doux cette année avec peu de jours où la température est négative et aucun signe de neige. Le mois prochain verra …
Château de Montrésor
We visited Montrésor many years ago in winter and found it dark and gloomy and hardly worth the visit except for its beautiful staircase. We returned by bike on a lovely sunny day and what a surprise! And I’ll let you guess who’s in the painting. Nous avons visité le château de Montrésor en hiver …