Walking From Neuilly le Brignon

On Monday 10 October we walked 6 kilometres with friends, from Neuilly le Brignon, up the hill and through the woods, through a prehistoric settlement and down to a dolmen, past a medieval moated chateau and back along the ridge on the opposite side of the little River Brignon. Thank you to David for organising. There were some impressive mushrooms along the way. On the way home we took a short detour in order to be able to top the car up with petrol at Descartes during the refinery workers strike, which is causing shortages, and we have to go to Tours.

The Brignon at Neuilly le Brignon.

Blushing Rosette Abortiporus biennis (Fr. Polypore bisannuel) on the left, and Laquered Bracket Ganoderma lucidum (Fr. Ganoderme luisant) on the right.

Laquered Bracket Ganoderma lucidum (Fr. Ganoderme luisant), often confused with a well known  Asian medicinal species known as Reishi or Lingzhi, which it resembles.

Spectacular Rustgill Gymnopilus junonius (Fr. Gymnopile remarquable), a hallucinogenic mushroom that is popularly known as Big Laughing Jim.

Walking where prehistoric man walked, between a settlement and a dolmen.

The Pierre Chaude dolmen, a prehistoric tomb.

The back of the Chateau du Chatelier.

A garden on the Brignon at Le Chatelier.

Le Chatelier.

Buying petrol during the refinery workers strike.