Yet another
deliciously lazy start and breakfast this morning. After breakfast, having heard tales of fuel
shortages I went to the local filling station for a fill up. I had no problems but they were not allowing
people to fill cans. It seems half of
France is on strike unbeknown to us, but Madame Le Camping says it won’t last
much longer as they won’t want to jeopardise the football!! Cynical or what!! Once fuelled up we set out on our planned
local walk over some low limestone hills behind Ebreuil. The weather was the best we had experienced
this year and the campsite thermometer (in the shade) read 33 degrees when we
got back. The hope was to find orchids
and in that were successful with lady, lizard, man and two bee orchid types
which yet require identification. Lizard
orchids were most numerous but only one was in flower – but one was
enough!!! We found plenty of other
interesting plants too, including cornflower, sanfoin and ...... thistle. Red kite and buzzard spiralled in the
thermals above the hillside. At the top
of the hill the village of St Foy was attractive and from the Chapel of St
Michael on the lip of the scarp views over Ebreuil and the Sioule valley were
expansive. Our way down led through a
sunken lane or hollow way and in parts was delightfully shaded by trees. Butterflies down here were superb with marsh
fritillary, orange tip, common blue, speckled wood , possible duke of burgundy
and best of all a southern white admiral.
Heather also found a very cooperative slow worm. Once back in Ebreuil a beer and coffee and
cake lunch were welcome before wandering back along the lane to the site and
another cooling pint of the amber nectar.
Tea was salad with cold sausages from last night’s BBQ. After tea we had a tremendous thunderstorm
and now it is over the valley is full of mist.
Hopefully it will warm up again tomorrow. Now an early night ready for
tomorrow’s pack up and journey down to the Tarn to meet up with Peter and
Linda.
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| Lizard Orchid |
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| Lizard Orchid |
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| Lizard Orchid |
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| Lizard Orchid |
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| Man Orchid |
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| Man Orchid |
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| Cornflower |
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| Sanfoin |
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| Slow Worm |
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| Slow Worm |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| Southern White Admiral |
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| Southern White Admiral |
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| Southern White Admiral |
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| Southern White Admiral |
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| Southern White Admiral |
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| Southern White Admiral |
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| Fritillary |
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| Fritillary |
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| Fritillary |
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| Fritillary |
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