I’m rarely in the centre of Blois at 9.30 am but we got up early this morning to go cycling before the temperature got too high. It was already 23 degrees. Je suis rarement au centre de Blois à 9h30 mais nous nous sommes levés tôt ce matin pour faire du vélo avant que la …
Category Archives: River views
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 Confinement Day 15
First day of our second fortnight of lockdown. It’s still cold and windy but we were fairly protected as we walked along the Loire during our regulatory one-hour of physical activity within a radius of one kilometer from home. The production of ventilators and masks has been stepped up in existing facilities in France while …
Mangroves
The Loire from Chaumont – La Loire depuis Chaumont
My Favourite View of Blois – Ma vue préférée de Blois
CDP Theme Day – Blue : Bleu
This month’s City Daily Photo theme is blue, so here we have blue sky and blue water – the Loire – during the last day of an unusual heatwave with temperatures well into the thirties every day. Today we are back to normal! The skyline is Blois with the castle and church of Saint Nicolas on …
Grey Skies in Blois – Ciel gris à Blois
The autumn colours are not spectacular this year as you can see from the trees on the right. In another month the leaves will all have fallen. Les couleurs d’automne ne sont pas très spectaculaire cette année si on regarde les arbres sur la droite. Dans un mois il n’y aura plus de feuilles du …
Loire in Autumn – La Loire en autumn
Postcard from Porto – Old Town and Ponte Dom Luiz I from Gaia
This is Porto’s most iconic view. Voici la vue la plus connue de Porto.