Hi,
Inside, there is a very well preserved mosaic pavement, which is fascinating for those who like all things Roman, like Sue and me.

When we were walking the Chemin, we saw many statues of St. Roch. I just recognnize a few of the most common saints, but it makes visiting churches more interesting when I can identify some of the statues or paintings of saints and know the stories being told.

Hi,
Designs like this are often called Cistercian because they were first used in Cistercian monasteries. Figurative works were considered too worldly by that order of monks, and their churches are usually very plain with little decoration. When I took a stained glass course, one of this type of design was considered our « graduation » piece.
Cheers,
Keith

They need to dry out for a week or more to become good. Not so good till then. Flavor is off and they are a bit crunchy/watery for my taste. Still, those are far better at that stage than black walnuts that grow here in Ohio. Black walnuts are so much harder to crack and pick out, but their taste is worth it.

Fascinating. How do you know all this?

So cool! We are sitting reading your comment by the mairie at St Vincent sur l'Isle, on the route to Perigueux you mentioned!

Glad you captured that! That must be Saint Roch, a mendicant pilgrim, popular at the time of St. Jacques. While tending those ill with the plague, he became ill himself and withdrew to a hut in the forest. Miraculously a dog brought him bread every day. Here St. Roch is showing the wound on his leg. The dog and the exposed leg are his icons. I just read he is also patron saint of the falsely accused!

That Super U! Those trucks! So familiar. We stopped the night in Thiviers earlier this year after buying supplies at that supermarché. The trucks were a bit thunderous but we arrived from Nontron after a pleasant voie verte experience. Went on to Perigueux on a wonderful route from Thiviers through the Vallée de l’Isle. Been very much enjoying your blog, trying to figure out which way you’ll go next! Cheers, Michael Hutching

Thank you, Mark.

That's a really fantastic picture: Simple. Beautiful.

Since no one seems to be harvesting them, no matter what their stage of ripeness is, it probably makes no difference.

Haha. But nonetheless true.

Wow, those are about the latest sunflowers I’ve ever seen.

Thé Germans do seem to be rather more Grimm about their stories…

True!

I may have told you this... or not, but I have shared this story on several bike journals:
:-)
In Germany '76-'78 a local I worked with was teaching me about hunting wild mushrooms and told of a GI who asked "Herr Bohn, what mushrooms can you eat?" To which, he answered "Oh you CAN eat ALL mushrooms... some only ONCE!"

Which is why the first rule of wild edibles is: "when in doubt, DON'T."