A Sunday outing

This afternoon we took a ride over to the Aigronne valley to visit Tim and Pauline and look at the Fritillaries and the Purple Toothwort they had mentioned in their blog.

With detailed instructions on where to look , we couldn't fail to find them...

Here was the demarcation line dating from the Second World War..

And here was the log pile with the fallen tree....

Look close by and there they are.. Purple Toothwort...

Then back down the lane and the Fritillaries were in the dyke right by the roadside..

Our route back took us by Le Rond du Chene, and, at my request, we stopped to take a walk round one of the etangs..

I hadn't banked on having to cross the stream via a rotten tree trunk... but I managed..

The look of fear on my face was purely for effect..(!) and the scenery more than made up for the mild hesitation I felt.....

and although the shadows were beginning to lengthen it was truly glorious!

What a way to spend a Sunday afternoon!