Redstart visitor!

Here's a young Redstart who posed very nicely for us after it had been looking around our house whilst we were out, we managed to release him or her after its time 'inside' so all's well that ends well!
Also, a massive thanks to all of you who follow this blog. July has been a record month with over 500 'viewings' to this blog from all over the world, it's great to know you're all out there following us. I thought you may like to see the stats....

United Kingdom	234
France	154
United States	71
Russia	40
Germany	7
New Zealand	3
India	2
Japan	2
Australia	1
Canada	1

Where 2 rivers collide!

Walk down the track opposite Les Granges, get in a canoe and a few hours later you will arrive here, where the river Vezere meets the river Dordogne. The beautiful village of Limeuil sits on a hill overlooking the two rivers which is a very popular destination for visitors especially who have children, the young ones can have a paddle in the water whilst their parents can sit and have a refreshing drink at one of the river side cafes.
Ofcoarse, if you stay in your canoe, you'll eventually end up in Bordeaux but that's another blog post for the future! 

Look what we found!

We just happened to stop at a brocante yesterday in Rouffignac and look what I spotted on a shelf, this wonderful old Sonolor radio, a bit well used but it was made in Paris, still in working order (ok just a very load buzz from the speaker), guessing at 1950's but what a beautiful piece.....and look in the back aswell (below), valves and even on the left hand side a revolving aerial that's operated by the right hand knob on the front panel....what a beauty and all this for 15 euros, not quite sure where I'll put it, in the house I think if I can find a spot for it!

Early exercise.

Taken a few minutes ago, this view from the Roque Terrace gite shows the early morning sun hitting the rock face of La Roque St Christophe with a cyclist making the most of the cool start to the day.
The weather over the last week has been much better, a bit cloudy yesterday but according to the forecast, next week is going to be full sun and in the mid 30 degrees so we hope our new guests arriving tomorrow don't forget their sun cream!

Peaches and cream!

The poor weather we had in June hasn't deterred one of our fruit trees from giving us a good crop of fruit. We pruned the White Peach tree last autumn and were a little concerned that after the severe winter the orchard trees endured we would get little or no fruit this year. All our guests were very happy though after we gave them all a big bag full of the very fresh fruit each!

A real splash of colour!

Rather than dwell on my last post for too long, just thought I'd upload this picture I took 3 days ago at a garden centre in Montignac, we wanted some more geraniums to brighten up some areas of Les Granges, as you can see, there were plenty to choose from!

Shame on someone.

Not a post i wanted to put on but feel that even in this part of remote France we're not exempt from what I think is a terrible world wide problem.
For 140 years the bridge at Le Moustier has spanned the river Vezere with the only changes to its stonework being a carving of a flood level in March of 1930. A few days ago, along comes someone with a few cans of spray paint to put his/her 'mark' on these pieces of old stone.
I have never liked the graffiti in places like Barcelona, Amsterdam or anywhere else in the world, all i can say is shame on whoever is responsible.