Today is another day and yesterday’s frustrations are behind me. No big rush to get away so a leisurely pack after breakfast and off I went. Just along from the hotel came across this trompe l’oeil. Crossed the river and started walking at 9 o’clock. Last year my walk was mostly on the flat, this…
Barn Wall. I try to find interesting things to photograph for this project, so here’s something that I’ve never seen before. The end wall of this barn was made entirely out of the tops and bottoms of old oil drums; nothing goes to waste in the Auvergne although I do wonder what they did with…
Madonna and Child. In Le Puy en Velay there are some volcanic stumps and on one of them is this huge Madonna and Child made from bronze recovered from cannon captured at the seige of Sebastopol. On a previous visit I climbed up inside and the views are amazing. Tonight it is the view from…
It’s been all a bit much, car from Bath to Gatwick, plane from Gatwick to Lyon airport, tram from Lyon airport to Lyon city centre, train from Lyon to Firminy, bus from Firminy to Le Puy then walked to my hotel. PHEW! To make matters worse the bus should have been a train but they…
My Birthday Cake. Today is my birthday and this was my birthday cake, it was delicious. One daughter and two granddaughters helped us eat it. A note on the candles, Mrs Sixwheeler did not have the right ‘numbers’ candles so made it up with sixty five plus two more. Now that’s what I call initiative.…
This time tomorrow I will, hopefully, be very near to Le Puy en Velay in southern central France and from there I will start walking Stevenson’s Way on Friday. This is designated the GR70 and I will be away for two weeks. Needless to say I will be blogging so if you are not already…
Maude (again). I caught Maude catching a bit of sun this morning. I’m glad she was enjoying the moment as I’m well aware that she knows I’m going away, she’s sensitive to the signs, and she will be a bit subdued while I’m away. On the other hand when I get home the welcome is…
Stone Roof Shingles. These stone roof shingles are typical of country buildings of this area of the West Country and Cotswolds. Their robustness and irregularity is most attractive. 1 September 2014
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