The Loire Valley and especially Blois
When we arrived at our monthly Loire Connexion anglophile get-together Ile d’Or at in Amboise last night, the light was extraordinary. And just as I was about to take a photo of the castle, this cat ran past along the wall in front of me! Lorsque nous sommes arrivés à la soirée mensuelle d’angophiles de la Loire …
Continue reading “The Cat and the Castle – Le chat et le château”
Jean Michel got very excited when he saw this white heron as he has only seen grey ones along the Loire up until now. You can see how big the sandbanks in the Loire are at the moment. Their presence is what makes the Loire unnavigable and even dangerous to swim in. Jean Michel était …
This is my favourite view of Blois and until a couple of days ago, I used it as my header. The spires on the left are the church of Saint Nicolas, with Blois Royal Castle and Tour du Foix in the middle of the photo and the Loire in the foreground. For other contributions to …
Continue reading “CDP Theme Day – My City's Skyline – La vue d'horizon de ma ville”
After our picnic on the cycle path along the Loire near Muides last night I wanted to visit the church whose spire you can see in the middle of the photo. .Fortunately it is completely covered in scaffolding so the photo will be for another time. Après notre pique-nique hier soir sur la piste cyclable …
Continue reading “A Spiral and a Spire – Un spirale et une flèche”
When we reached the cycle path along the Loire near Saint Claude de Diray today we were met by this huge harvester. You can imagine the dust! You can just see the Loire on the left. On arrivant à la piste cyclable sur la Loire à côté de Saint Claude de Diray aujourd’hui cette énorme …
Continue reading “Harvesting along the Loire – Moisson sur la Loire”
I’ve been back in Blois since Sunday but it’s taken me three days to take a photo of Blois and the Loire! Je suis rentrée à Blois dimanche mais il m’a fallu trois jours pour prendre un photo de Blois et la Loire !
You may remember a photo of the Loire a month or so back when I was lamenting the disappearance of the flat-bottom boat that took us across the Loire last year with our bikes from Cours-sur-Loire to the bike path leading to Saint Dyé. I subsequently phoned the relevant organisation and was told that it …
My photos of Amboise are usually taken from Le Shaker on Ile d’Or but this one was taken from the levee coming from Vouvray. You can see the water on the footpath. Mes photos d’Amboise proviennent souvent du Shaker sur l’île d’Or mais j’ai pris celle-ci depuis la levée sur le retour de Vouvray. On …
Continue reading “Amboise from the Levee – Amboise depuis la levée”
We did not expect to see so much water in front of Château d’Ussé. During the recent floods, the Indre River overflowed its banks into the sunflower fields behind. The Loire is on the other side of the line of trees in the background. We were not able to cycle along the Loire à Vélo …
These photos were all taken by my neighbour Alain Allouin. I was visiting Blois Castle with my son when our street Rue Basse des Grouëts was flooded. By the time I arrived home, the water was gone. Vineuil and other towns across the Loire have not been so lucky and some areas are still underwater. …