For some time now we've been meaning to follow a sign to the Aire de Loisirs, on the road between Braye and the neighbouring village of Braslou. Yesterday I cycled down to do some exploring...
A track leads through the sunflower fields down to a small lake, but at present it can hardly be called a lake..
The lack of rain over the past months has left a cracked basin where once there was water.
There were plenty of butterflies around and one beauty of a fly which I've not come across before.
By coincidence Susan mentions one very like it in Days on the Claise today. Perhaps this is one of "lookalikes"; a close relative of Gymnosoma called Ectophasia crassipennis.
As for the rest of the Aire de loisirs, it comprised a hut, some benches and a few horse riding jumps in the far field.
We will explore it further when the rains have done their bit to restore life and interest to the area.
Ectophasia crassipennis it is :-)
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