Circle

Petrol pump

All alone on the main road near St Gaultier.

Changing colour

Early September and still cool.

Three weeks later, after three weeks of hot weather and no rain.

Well, well.

To the cellar

Remodelling the river bank 2

Still no sign of any grass but maybe it's too early.  At the moment I can't imagine how it's going to be during the summer.

Shop window

This building will have been a shop in medieval times.  It has the typical window opening through which goods would have been sold.  The doorway was beside it, now blocked off.

Remodelling the river bank 1

The remodelling of the river bank to prevent erosion.  The grass has all but disappeared but it seems they are replanting some trees.

Across the fields

Winter sunrise

Evening sun

Taken last month while there were still plenty of leaves on the trees and some warmth in the sun.

Dairy cows

I don't know if the cows were meant to be there, or had escaped, but they were enjoying paddling.

Drainage

Drainage pipes protruding from a retaining wall.

Steps

A gate at the top stopped me from finding out where they led to.

Industrial history

The last remaining evidence of a once-thriving local industry - shirt making.

Out into the country

On the first day I've felt warm in the sun.

Maybe, just maybe ...

13 March 2010

12 March 2009

... things aren't quite as far behind as I thought.  Allowing for the different angle and light.

Refurbishment

Snow

Rusty old pump with new snow. When will the winter end?

Trees with a haircut

A great deal of work has been done on the trees by the river over the winter.