Can you guess?

On a recent outing up to the garden festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire we stopped of at the church of Saint-Sulpice in Vallières-les-Grandes where we could not help but notice the adjoining property...

can you guess what he does for a living?

This sign-maker is obviously a big 'Queen' fan.

Spotted on the road up from the Loire river towards the back entrance to the garden festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire.

Loire Valley's biggest price ticket?

We made our annual visit to the International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire, it was interesting to see that they no longer offer a 'gardens only' ticket option. 

For people like us who visit every year and don't necessarily want to visit the chateau interior every time it is slight financial loss that might otherwise buy us an ice cream or drink at their refreshment stop but would probably still say that  for the overall experience it is probably still good value for money.

This year's festival,in our humble opinion, wasn't as good as some of the previous years but still gave us some delightful highlights...

May, a good month for visiting the Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire

We enjoy visiting the Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire at any time of the year but especially remember some glorious May days - like the weekend we are about to have...we would encourage you to go...but be sure and take a hat!