Walk around Moutiers

Just been on the phone to 'Er in Brittany who says the blog is like British buses: none for half an hour then they all come at once!

So, still catching up I start with evidence that the nights are growing colder and we've been lighting the log fire each evening. We took delivery of our three cubic metres of oak last month - managed woodlands I might add!

The days have been warm until this week and there are still signs of life in the garden, this yuka plant sending out two beautiful blossoms. We have continued to harvest courgettes and tomatoes but these are slowing down too.

Monique lent us a book of walks in the local area and we picked an easy 4.5 km for our first one, around Moutiers les Maufaits (great name) that you drive through on the way to La Tranche from La Roche. As you can see part of the walk was on shady tracks, past bulrushes and beautiful wild flowers. We even walked past Indian Forest where we had our adventures up in the trees at the end of August, before returning to the town centre where there is this magnificent covered market place.