The Loire Valley and especially Blois
Regular readers will know that I often take photos of Cours-sur-Loire but I had never seen it from this distance. Usually we are on the stony bike path in the foreground but this time, we were coming from Montlivault (see yesterday’s photo) at a right angle to the river. The light was quickly fading. Les …
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Taken on the bike path between Blois and Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire, the little church of Cours-sur-Loire that you may remember from our Loire crossing last summer. There was no sign of the boat though. Prise sur la piste cyclable entre Blois et Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire, la petite église de Cours-sur-Loire que vous rappellerez peut-être de notre traversée de la …
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Autumn has not been very colourful this year, but this vine-covered barn with its green doors in Cours-sur-Loire is an exception. L’automne n’a pas beaucoup de couleurs cette année, mais cette grange recouverte de vigne vierge avec sa porte verte à Cours-sur-Loire est une heureuse exception.
The last time we saw this washhouse built in 1875 in the middle of the hamlet of Vivier next to a fountain that supplies water to a little stream, it was pouring with rain. It was the perfect shelter for us and our bikes! La dernière fois que nous avons vu ce lavoir construit en 1875 …