Here’s a quaint little game that Francine and I quite often play upon arrival at a new campsite. First, we wander round and select a likely pitch. Second, we drag Guillaume (our caravan) to the chosen pitch and set him…
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Unnatural Habitat
Those who are aware of Franco and Francine’s preferences might consider them to be somewhat out of their normal habitat – and they’d be right. Though we now are in an area known as La Côte Sauvage (the Wild Coast),…
Kite Flying
In returning to this site near La Palmyre, we were hoping to repeat our experience of two years ago. On that occasion, about the same week of the year, we had heard the haunting, night time call of recently fledged…
Adieu to the Marais
This weekend turned out to be a very busy one in Arçais. The sun, which had been shining for the last few days, continued unabated and our campsite all but filled up. It began to feel as though we were…
Lunch Emergency
Mike seemed keen on getting a little exercise having another week working back in Blighty so we went and dragged him out for a bike ride. Like us, Mike is also fascinated by wildlife so our trip turned into more…
Posted in 2010 Spring Tagged with: damselflies, France, Marais Poitevin, moths, nature, orchids, travel, wildlife
Action Stations
What a difference a day of sunshine makes, not just to we humans but to the whole of nature, it seems. The Marais Poitevin is something of a wildlife haven. With its intricate network of canals, one might reasonably assume…
Posted in 2010 Spring Tagged with: butterflies, dragonflies, France, Marais Poitevin, nature, photography, travel, wildlife
The Chain Gang
At last, after four days of irritating rain, a settled day – not sunny but settled nonetheless. A slightly stir-crazy Franco and Francine made good their escape from camp à bicyclettes. We were off in search of coypus or ragondins…
Drought Protection
It’s supposed to be dry tomorrow. Meanwhile, today, the rain continued in an irritatingly sporadic kind of way. What better time to be given an insight into French water engineering for allotments? The Marais Poitevin has what appears to be…
Rain, Rain, Rain
Need I say more? It’s been a very wet weekend. The rain hasn’t exactly been constant over Saturday, Sunday and Monday, both day and night, but it feels like it has. The skies have certainly been solid grey and threatening.…
Snail Male
As luck, or otherwise, would have it, we’ve hit a spot of poor weather this weekend in the Marais Poitevin. Yesterday we spent a relaxing Sunday with our friends, Mike and Linda, putzing around in between showers. Then, after a…
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