A winter wonderland?

 

Stopped a few times on my way over to Le Grand-Pressigny yesterday to snap winter's effect on our surroundings...beautiful!

Winter has arrived at La Guerche...

 

The first snow of winter...very light, here in La Guerche

Welcome to winter driving - more than enough!

This was our welcome to the UK on our way into London last night on the first part of our journey up to Scotland for the festive period.

A chilly start...

First really heavy frost yesterday morning here in Southern Touraine.

 

Winter webs at La Guerche

A view of the chateau and river at La Guerche through winter webs on the bridge.

The first real 'show' of winter...

Heading over to Le Grand-Pressigny yesterday for a great New Year's day 'brunch' laid on collectively by three friends, we had our first real show of winter as we drove over from Barrou...beautiful.

Wintry Paulmy pond....

Took these pics.on way to Loches on  Monday morning.

A walk around...Le Grand Pressigny

The last few weeks here in Le Grand Pressigny in Southern Touraine have been strange weather-wise with, it seemed, the days changing from glorious to dreary overnight. This has affected Pauline's and my new walking regime (minimum 1 hour per day) though not to a great extent, as even on some of the inclement days we still managed it.We try and vary our route but this obviously gets more difficult the more often we do it plus the weather can restrict our countryside walks. Anyway...one of the things that pleases us is that even walking a well-worn path the surroundings take on a different look during weather and seasonal changes.

On one walk 'surrounding the chateau' I managed to find a view of it, the one above, that, despite the hundreds of shots I've taken of it over the years, was new to me! It was taken from a new area that has been set out as house plots for sale on the way up Route des Roches to the troglodytes and shows the ramparts to great effect.

Here is the walk in pictures, starting with the steep climb up Ru du Chateau: