The Loire Valley and especially Blois
The summer has been so dry that we are not expecting much this autumn. No boletus yet but these young parasol mushrooms, agarics and common funnel caps cooked up nicely! The parasols were well-hidden! L’été a été tellement sec que nous n’attendons pas beaucoup de champignons cette année. Pas de cèpes encore mais ces jeunes …
Continue reading “First Mushrooms of the Season – Premiers champignons de la saison”
So here is my new interface for LoireDailyPhoto – my son downloaded all the photos (and there are many!) onto a temporary address using a new WordPress theme then switched it back to the original www.loiredailyphoto.com. It is now free of all those annoying and disturbing sites and photos and you can comment again! I …
We are having a heat wave – warmest September ever with 32 degrees – so we waited until after dinner to go for one of our lockdown walks. The temperature had dropped to 24. Nous subissons une vague de chaleur – le mois de septembre le plus chaud connu avec 34 degrés. Nous avons attendu …
Today was full of surprises. We came across the beginning of the Loire à vélo cycle route at Bec d’Allier and had lunch next to the Guétin Bridge Canal. We finished off with an early evening walk on of ramparts of La Charité sur Loire. Aujourd’hui était plein de surprises. Nous sommes tombés sur le …
Continue reading “Eurovelo 6 – La Charité sur Loire to Canal de Guetin”
I love the way hydrangeas go through every shade of pink (or blue). J’adore le camaïeu de rose (ou bleu) des hortensias.
Today we cycled 77 k in 4 hours 20 along part of the excellent Kocher-Jagst bike route near Heilbronn and went through scenic countryside and a number of pretty villages starting at Duttenberg and including Neudenau, Möckmühl, Jagsthausen, Neuenstadt am Kocher and Oedheim. It was a relief after the disappointment of cycling along the Neckar …
Continue reading “Postcard Summer 2020#15 – Kocher-Jagst Radweg”
We discovered Bamberg in 2015 and loved it. However it was October and too cold to cycle so we promised ourselves to return one day. We were not disappointed and due to travel restrictions it was a lot less crowded than the last time we were here. If you would like to see the photos …
I had my nasal Covid test today at the lab at the Polyclinique private hospital. I didn’t manage to get an appointment at the general hospital. It was not much fun and hurt a bit like when you accidentally get water in your nose when swimming but it was quick. I was sorry for the …
We stayed in all day waiting for a wine order and it didn’t arrive! These are some of my favourite pots. No new deaths in our area today and 2 of the 8 people in intensive care were transferred to the ward.. There were 73 deaths in France in the last 24 hours. Nous sommes …