Saturday 11 June 2016

France May/June 2016. Day 22. Archianne

A relaxed day for us as Peter and Linda spent the day packing and getting ready for their trip north tomorrow and Thomas and James went out on their bikes.  We enjoyed a very welcome lazy start and then decided to drive up to Archianne. Over breakfast we all enjoyed watching Egyptian vultures circling on the thermals above the site. We had been up to Archianne three years ago and had walked the Cirque, but today enjoyed wandering round the hamlet itself and photographing butterflies on the way up.  I was pleased to see and photograph my first silver studded blue and get some more black veined white shots.  The first cafe we tried had shown no signs of life three years ago, but we took that to be a sign of the freezing weather.  We tried again today and there was definitely a male attend there eating some sort of meal, but all we received was a blank look and a grunt.  Perhaps there is a shortage of surnames up here!!  We did, however, locate the excellent Refuge d’Archianne owned by an English speaking Frenchman with an Australian accent.  He was very chatty and friendly and we enjoyed a very pleasant drink sitting on the balcony with views up to cliffs surrounding the village.  On the way back to car we had excellent views of a fabulous male ring ouzel.  Once back at the site we had a quiche and salad lunch with james and Thomas and then we went, with Thomas up to a lovely waterfall for some photography.  Or evening meal was in an excellent local restaurant by the river.
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Chatillion en Diois
Chatillion en Diois
Chatillion en Diois
Cirque d'Archianne
Archianne 
Archianne 
Archianne 
Archianne 
Archianne 
Archianne 
Archianne 


Black-Veined White
Black-Veined White
Silver-Studded Blue
Silver-Studded Blue
Silver-Studded Blue
Wall Brown

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