Smelling the roses...at Chedigny.

 

We did our pre 'Rose Festival' visit around Chedigny yesterday. 

Wednesday is for windows - Chedigny

 

Chedigny looking good for this weeks 'Festival des Roses'

Celebrating 'la rose'...

This weekend sees the welcome return of the 'Fete des Roses' at the pretty village of Chedigny  we hope the recent wild winds haven't done too much damage,our own roses here at the the cottage are holding up well.

 

Face to face...

 

As we had to visit Loches yesterday we took advantage of our location to head over to Chedigny to have a look at the work of  Andre Sobas, an artist from Montresor who was exhibiting his work within 'Le Pressoir'. Took the opportunity to get these copies of some of his work, the detail.these are done by coloured ink in a fountain pen, is amazing. Check out more of his unique style here.

The village was looking great as it prepares for its Rose Festival at the end of the month.

A walk among the roses of Chedigny.

Pauline and I headed over to Chedigny yesterday and had a walk among the roses - under a beautiful blue sky. Below is a slide show of our walk in pictures.

Roses preview for our Australian guests.

Our current Australian guests at the Old Walnut Mill are leaving on Saturday for the next part of their seven week European tour so will miss the Rose Festival at Chedigny. They took our advise and had a sneak preview yesterday after visiting Loches market. The images here are theirs.

 

They were kind enough to say that the climbing rose in our courtyard would give some of them a run for their money!

Preview of Chedigny Rose Festival' 2017 here in the Loire Valley

Yesterday we headed over the beautiful village of Chedigny to check it out before this weekend's popular 'Rose Festival'. We are preparing 'Le Bourg' today and the 'Old Walnut Mill' tomorrow for new arrivals, so will be otherwise occupied.

Disappointing to find restaurant closed for the day -  'preparing for the weekend'. It would have been nice if they had put a notice on their website! We would have to find another option.(more on that later)

A lot of people had the same idea as us and the village was busy which made taking these photographs difficult.

Now, if only cameras could record smells!