On Thursday 3 February we walked a 10 kilometre circuit from the church in Le Petit Pressigny. Here are some photos:
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| Lizard Orchid Himantoglossum hircinum (Fr. Orchis bouc) leaf rosettes. |
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| A well maintained home. |
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| The prehistoric axe polishing stone now on display at the museum in Le Grand Pressigny was found on this hillside. We think combing the lower slopes for stone tools that have slowly slid down over the millenia could be productive. |
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| Look at the size of those turnips! |
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| The painted marks on this tree are way markers, the officially sanctioned signs (Fr. balisage) to tell walkers what direction the trail goes. The red and yellow bars together indicate you go straight ahead, on one of the national trails (Fr. Grande randonnée or GR). The single yellow bar indicates the route of the regional trail (Fr. Grande Randonnée de Pays or GRdP). The blue cross indicates that the short local walk does not go this way. |
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| This side of the tree tells you that the GR and the GRdP turn left here. |
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| Broken terrazzo being used to repair the track. |
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| This gate caused much laughter. I particularly like the way the track simply drives around it. |
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| Arched gateway at the Chateau des Bordes, with salvaged terracotta tiles being stored. |
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| Chateau des Bordes. |
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| The church, with its slightly deformed spire, caused by the prevaling wind direction according to Joel. |
7 comments:
I guess the gate is probably meant for cars, even though it is very laughable.
chm: But vehicles obviously just go around!
The gate is a classic. I see them here also, flanked by pillars, and everything around them completely open to vehicles. And now I know why I once encountered a pile of broken tiles on a forest track, I could not imagine why someone would go all the way into the forest on a footpath to dump a load of old tiles.....
bonnie near carpentras
I can't recall seeing that gate. I shall make it my mission to search for it when we get back in March!
Bonnie: yes, very common here to have grandiose gates and pillars, but no fence. The tiles are dumped by the commune or farmers who have an obligation to maintain these tracks.
Gaynor: the gate is new. It's along the track between LPP and Les Bordes that runs parallel to the river. The owner is JPdlM, if those initials mean anything to you.
Nobodies going through the Chateau gateway anytime soon!!
Colin and Elizabeth: no, but it's not their main entrance.
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