Ste Maure is on of my favourite French cheeses. Yum!

I crave goats cheese and Keith shares your opinion. He is slowly, slowly coming around as I introduce him to mild ones.

Oh yum! It looks amazing.

You are very punny today!

Nicely "cropped" photo!
:-)

I am hopeful Steve. Since we returned home I have been riding my bike with the battery in the more sensible position on the down tube with no problems of an unstable bike when I stop. The bikes we left with Louise are still there and on inspection in perfect condition and my one has a battery in the desired position. This is all very hopeful and we are busy designing a route from Moret ( it is close to Fountainbleau) taking us along all the canals of Burgandy and the Loire on a big circle that reaches to Macon. Much of this we have done at least once before but that doesn’t matter as they are places we like and the routes are easy
In hindsight perhaps we shouldn’t have ended our tour but just got rid ofthe bikes headed for Moret and picked up the other ones but we really didn’t know what condition they would be in after 4 years and in fact it didn’t even enter our heads. My last fall when the bike and I do nearly went into the canal really freaked us out

It’s a trick. Their heads are only black in breeding season, except for that black spot that seems to persist. The other indicator is their orange bill with a black tip.

These are more like works of art. For a good chewy crust you need a baguette sandwich. Delicious and filling, great for a cycling lunch..

For our own feeble gardening efforts we prefer the more organic jumble of plants all mixed together. However, the formal French garden is really well suited to the time (Renaissance) and place (Chateaux). A less formal approach just would not really fit, we think.

We really love the way the formal French gardens fit in with the Renaissance Chateaux. Keep telling yourself that with the right type of bicycle and easier route you WILL be able to see Villandry again. You already have the will, and that is more than half what is needed.

Wow, did nor know that there were different kinds of bumble bee. Glad you are lurking out there to help us out with identifications.

The attention to detail in these tapestries was really impressive.

But, but, their heads are white. We do not seem to be very adept at bird ID until we have seen the same one at least 6 or 7 times, in rapid succession.

It is only open in the summer or we might have given it a shot. Not!

We will give the metrics some thought. If we develop a cheese scale, it will be posted and tested here first.