Friday 17 December 2021

Walking Around Cussay

Here are some photos taken on a 5 kilometre walk around Cussay on Monday 6 December 2021.

Entrance bell on a house in a hamlet, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
An impressive entrance bell on a house in a hamlet near Cussay.

Hamlet, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
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.

Garden gate, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
This solid looking garden gate is the entrance to a property on the edge of Cussay.

Rooftops, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Rooftops in Cussay.

Street sign, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
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.

Windvane, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
A very nice windvane (Fr. girouette), indicating, I assume, that the occupant of the house is a joiner (Fr. menuisier).

Wire bin full of maize in a chook run, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
A wire bin full of maize cobs in a chook run.

Landscape with village, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
The village of Sepmes in the distance, taken from the outskirts of Cussay.

Mediaeval farmstead, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
A mediaeval farmstead on the edge of Cussay.

4 comments:

chm said...

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?

Colin and Elizabeth said...

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

Susan said...

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.

bonnie groves poppe said...

In Latin, idem means "the same" -- and a quick search uncovered that it is the same in french. Hmmmm......
bonnie

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