Here are some photos taken on a 5 kilometre walk around Cussay on Monday 6 December 2021.
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| An impressive entrance bell on a house in a hamlet near Cussay. |
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| This hamlet near Cussay seems to have an interesting demographic. Several letterboxes with English names, one house flying the French flag (which is a rather unusual thing to do in France) and one house home to a host of animals, including a 'wolf' and a lion, which are trained for the movie industry. |
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| This solid looking garden gate is the entrance to a property on the edge of Cussay. |
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| Rooftops in Cussay. |
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| This street sign in Cussay directs one to the baguette vending machine, a B&B called 'The White Farm' and the street is named after a local schoolteacher who was sent to a concentration camp for his Resistance activities and died in Germany. I notice that the butcher in Cussay today is a Brunet, so there is presumably a family connection. |
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| A very nice windvane (Fr. girouette), indicating, I assume, that the occupant of the house is a joiner (Fr. menuisier). |
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| A wire bin full of maize cobs in a chook run. |
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| The village of Sepmes in the distance, taken from the outskirts of Cussay. |
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| A mediaeval farmstead on the edge of Cussay. |
4 comments:
Interesting village and surroundings. The entrance bell is as elaborate as the windvane. On the latter, any idea what IDEM means? Also, do these two mean there is a feronnier d’art living around there?
We nearly bought a house, well two joined in Cussay. Went for a second viewing but it had 3 hectares of land and some very shaky outbuildings. The hens are not going to starve. Nice interesting photos
chm: no idea why the windvane has IDEM on it. There are several good blacksmiths and artists working in metal around here.
Colin and Elizabeth: I vaguely remember you looking at a house in Cussay.
In Latin, idem means "the same" -- and a quick search uncovered that it is the same in french. Hmmmm......
bonnie
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