The weather has been so poor recently that we've made the most of any chink of blue sky. So national holiday or not we motored up the coast to explore the peninsula around Jard-sur-Mer, and what a lovely afternoon we had..
Jard is a busier town than La Tranche (as we found a few days later when we went to the cinema there with Jean & Monique, having a great evening) but the town itself is not really on the coast. Like in other areas a man-made port has been created, which extends the town towards the sea. Just south of the port are low-lying clay cliffs which I'm sure must be at risk when the sea is rough. I loved the pebble beach, but I wasn't very sure how natural it was. Once again some horizon shots - the first four photos all taken at Jard.
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Driving on a little further we came across L'Abbeye du Lieu-Dieu which is closed to the public as it is being renovated. It's tucked away, surrounded by farm buildings, in the middle of nowhere. We continued along the road (knowing it was a dead-end) and found a beautiful spot which you could imagine was how all this area was in previous centuries. The light was amazing, as I'm sure you'll agree.
2 comments:
That Abbeye looks BEAUTIFUL. Anyway, stop complaining about your lack of blue skies; most of us have to live with that all the time :) Thanks for some mid lesson distraction, but just wondering... where have the mushrooms gone?!
David merci pour ces passionnants reportages photos, Nous avons il faut dire une belle région et des beaux éclairages, mais il faut aussi savoir les capter et prendre le temps de ce gros travail de reporter, merci de nous en faire profiter, même moi, je me dis que j'aimerais faire un peu plus de tourisme dans les environs, pendant ma vraie retraite!!!
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