Tuesday 1 March 2022

Walking Around La Roche Posay

On Monday 21 February we did a five kilometre walk around La Roche Posay.

Entry gateway to La Roche Posay, Vienne, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Medieval gateway between the bridge over the Creuse and the town of La Roche Posay. We are on the inside ie in town.

Church, La Roche Posay, Vienne, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
The church in La Roche Posay.

View of the Creuse River at La Roche Posay. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
View looking down the Creuse towards the church.

Creuse River at La Roche Posay, Vienne, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Creuse River.

Old railway bridge, La Roche Posay, Vienne, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Old railway bridge.

Walking across the old railway bridge, La Roche Posay, Vienne, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Walking across the old railway bridge.

Selfie on the old railway bridge, La Roche Posay, Vienne, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Ingrid and me mucking around doing selfies, something I couldn't do prior to getting my new phone.

Abandoned grainstore, La Roche Posay, Vienne, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
I've always liked this abandoned grainstore.

Walkers leaning on a bridge over a former railway, La Roche Posay, Vienne, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Leaning on the bridge over the former railway (now walking trail). From the left: David, Jim, Bob, Laura, Huub, Simon, Fabrice, Pierre, Dominique, Ingrid.

Spa water tanks, La Roche Posay, Vienne, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Fancy new spa water tanks installed by l'Oréal.

Spa, La Roche Posay, Vienne, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
The newly restored spa with the new l'Oréal building just visible on the right, behind.

5 comments:

Colin and Elizabeth said...

Nice walk that one. I love the grain store, should be listed. The spa is looking better!

Carolyn said...

The very gateway where our car was rear-ended! Unfortunately that's my main memory of the town.

Susan said...

Colin and Elizabeth: I couldn't get a decent photo which shows the new building.

Carolyn: We arrived at the bridge yesterday to find a semi-trailer ineptly reversing back down the road. They had obviously realised they were never going to get through. We then had to reverse too and finally turn around and use the bypass to get to the dentist. We were late.

chm said...

The only thing I remember about La Roche-Posay is very nice modern stained-glass windows in the church.

Susan said...

chm: Really? I think I've only been inside the church once and that was for a wedding. I don't remember the windows at all.

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