A M Ward: Ardeche

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Ardeche 2011

Ardeche ,Lyon and the North June 2011

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A long long straight road :-)

The view from the Ardeche house kitchen window.

Base

Bears on the water

Dinner with Me,Sue,Maud and Chris

Three pictures above are the route to the Baume de la Chabannes a long walk in 38C heat.

Pictures above on the springs walk near Chadouillet.In the above I look hot because I was it was 39C.

Goule de Sauvas

some were near the Baume du Pêcher above and below

Grotte de Font Vive

Cycling above and below.

Chris
Chris (eldest son) and me

My Ranger I think of it as long range gear transporter, Sue tells me it is a toy as I bought it just for caving and cycling trips :-)

Péronne

World War one museum below.

Sue

Shots above of Péronne the museum is well worth visiting http://www.greatwar.co.uk/somme/museum-historial-peronne.htm

The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 men who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. A visit we felt we needed to make it was a warm sunny day but so sad seeing all the names of those who died so young all the children left never knowing their fathers.In another cemetery we visited near by the graves of some as young 18 ....

Until the next time

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Ardèche 2010

A good trip to the Ardèche ,well one week in the Ardèche a few days in Lyon and three days driving back to the ferry port via hotel stops . This year was just us as after twenty plus years of multi person trips we fancied a laid back trip :-) And it was both fun and laid back :-)

In 2011 we will return with a few others.

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