Our garden in November

Cornus Baton Rouge

Miscanthus

New cloche over salad (maybe...)

Sedum, Helianthus and Calendula
 

Iris unguicularis

and again...

Lunchtime in Saumur

The hotel is on an island but the river on the other side was almost dry as a result of a recent drought

Richard's photos

Cambridge Band playing on our local recreation ground on a very hot Sunday afternoon

Lunching at our Local

Breakfast in the Hotel Parc in Pompadour on the first day of our holiday in France

Visiting the Chateau in Pompadour, admiring the wooden floors

and the tapestries

and the furniture

Gerald and Jane enjoying lunch at Les Remparts in Pompadour

In respect of their cat, the hotel only had a china dog on guard in the breakfast room

Gerald and Margaret relaxing in the bar of the Hotel Mercure in Saumur

Le Vieux Pont

Le Vieux Chateau, viewed across the Loire from our hotel

Lots of reconstruction underway on the Chateau

France, September 2017

On Saturday we visited the Chateau in Pompadour 

Gerald and Jane taking shelter from the rain in the old coach house.  Richard is comparing this one unfavourably with the Tesla...

Still sheltering from the rain, in the old stables.  I suspect the horses were better housed than most of the people.

Horse skull

The Chateau's Orangerie is now a stable for horses from the French National Stud

The Orangerie

Sunday morning view of the race track near the Chateau

By Monday the weather had improved and the horses were out for a gallop

From Pompadour we went up to Saumur on the Loire.  View across the river from our hotel room on Monday evening

Le Pont Vieux

Inside the Chateau at Saumur.  This part of the building houses a small museum of china and tapestries

View from the battlements.  Our hotel was the white building to the right of the bridge on the far side of the river

Restoration and reconstruction

Les Parapluies de Saumur

These were the only photos I took (on my mobile).  Richard took some better ones and I will post those as soon as we can work out how to download them!

Veggies in July

Courgettes taking over

San Marzano tomatoes coming along nicely

Shallots, variety Jermor.  Not a bad yield from 20 bulbs

Odds and ends

New cooker in action

First batch of bread in the new cooker

First tomatoes of the season, about 3 weeks earlier than usual

You've had courgette and lentil bake, courgette and chocolate cake, courgette pizza, now here come courgette fritters!