A walk up behind the chateau at Le Grand-Pressigny

Yesterday's 'shorter walk' employing safe-distancing took us up behind the chateau at Le Grand-Pressigny on what was a fine morning.

Out of the woods...

Here is a view of the chateau at Le Grand-Pressigny appearing to rise up through the forest - taken from the D60 - we only get this view at the end of the year when the trees are bare.

Having said that, the surroundings can trick you into believing it is sat in woodland as this summer pic shows when in fact it pretty much sits in open ground. 

The second pic. is however, probably more representative of how it looked early in its history

Oh deer - Megaceros not so mega!

On a walk around Le Grand-Pressigny on Saturday we went through the chateau where we were a little surprised to find the Megaceros was missing its impressive headgear. Not sure why -winterising perhaps?

Arts and crafts at the chateau...

We visited the annual 'L'Art et la Matiere' exposition within the grounds of the chateau in Le Grand Pressigny on Wednesday morning where local craftsmen (and women) and artists displayed  the results of their hard and very skillful work.

First stop as usual was the always popular 'English tearoom' for a cuppa and a piece of shortbread,not Pauline's contribution however, I wasn't allowed to sample that as she said the batch was 'short' - wasn't it supposed to be?

The grounds of the chateau provide the ideal backdrop to this event which is the result of the hard work of the Fet'art Pressignois and local volunteers. 

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The local residents didn't seem to be put out by all the activity!

Autumn at the chateau...Le Grand-Pressigny

Wednesday at the chateau at Le Grand-Pressigny