The Bridge Mill – Le moulin pont

Life has been very busy since we got back from Porto but on Sunday we went to one of our favourite villages – Suèvres – which is famous for its many water mills. This one, rebuilt around 1840, is known as Bridge Mill. Nous avons été très occupés depuis notre retour de Porto mais dimanche …

Mill Race in Fall – Bief en automne

A mill race is the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel (sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel. The mill itself, Moulin de Champigny, in this particular case, is on the other side of the road. Entre autres, un bief est un canal conduisant l’eau sur ou sous la …