On Thursday 20 April we joined the Grand Pressigny walking group for a 9 kilometre hike around Mairé. Much of was in the forest, but it was a hot sunny day and hard going with a long uphill stretch plus some more up and down sections. Simon got to the 6 kilometre point and bailed out. I completed the walk then went to fetch him in the car.
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| Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula (Fr. L'Orchis mâle). |
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| Bugle Ajuga reptans (Fr. Bugle rampante). |
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| Tawny Owl fledgling sitting on the boundary wall of Chateau Rocreuse. |
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| Looking up the Creuse Valley. |
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| Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata (Fr. le Plantain lancéolaté). |
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| Early Spider Orchid Ophrys sphegodes (Fr. l'Ophrys araignée). |
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| Lady Orchid Orchis purpurea (Fr. l'Orchis pourpre). |
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| Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea (Fr. La Stellaire holostée). |
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| The area of ploughed ground in this photo was all done by Wild Boar. The wheat crop is being effectively protected from their activities by an electric fence. |
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| A big twin trunked oak tree. |
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| The prehistoric monument known as the Gros Chilloux, with a crucifix atop. |
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