HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD or WAS THAT BIFURQUER A DROITE OU A GAUCHE
Well with Iceland having declared a clear skies policy and the French railways no longer warning of the trains approach to the next level crossing the Limousin has been even quieter these last few days than normal. In keeping with our usual habits Wednesday is a walking day, yesterday being no exception. We do however follow way marked paths, well I say waymarked but a balisage blanc every 500 metres sometimes leads to walks taking longer than indicated, yesterdays being no exception.
This is an area of granite outcrops but with much more woodland than Dartmoor so there is usually some wildlife to see along the way, deer, red squirrels, woodpeckers,etc. yesterdays walk started by the ruins of an Abbey with an etang. However no ruins and no etang, Good Start!! The French have so many different terms for turning in any direction, yesterdays included "tourner, emprunter, diriger and enjamber and of course aller. So we did all 5 as well as rigole a gauche.
And by way of a change we also came across a wandering minstrel playing a Ukele!!! Unfortunately there was no Bar at the end so it was a return home for the draught that refreshes, the temperature oh a mild 26c.
Well with Iceland having declared a clear skies policy and the French railways no longer warning of the trains approach to the next level crossing the Limousin has been even quieter these last few days than normal. In keeping with our usual habits Wednesday is a walking day, yesterday being no exception. We do however follow way marked paths, well I say waymarked but a balisage blanc every 500 metres sometimes leads to walks taking longer than indicated, yesterdays being no exception.
This is an area of granite outcrops but with much more woodland than Dartmoor so there is usually some wildlife to see along the way, deer, red squirrels, woodpeckers,etc. yesterdays walk started by the ruins of an Abbey with an etang. However no ruins and no etang, Good Start!! The French have so many different terms for turning in any direction, yesterdays included "tourner, emprunter, diriger and enjamber and of course aller. So we did all 5 as well as rigole a gauche.
And by way of a change we also came across a wandering minstrel playing a Ukele!!! Unfortunately there was no Bar at the end so it was a return home for the draught that refreshes, the temperature oh a mild 26c.