Something for the weekend...Meung sur Loire

From their website:http://www.chateau-de-meung.com/en/

Saturday April 30th and Sunday May 1st, from 10 AM to 6 PM.

Share our passion for plants and flowers in an historical garden and park. Meet horticulturists, landscapers, nursery owners… and learn their secrets…

Treat yourself and shop for both contemporary and antique items, and improve your own garden!

Conference, displays, activities for children: the best way to spend a happy day in the garden!

This weekend's brocantes in Touraine (37)

Brocantes / vide greniers Saturday 29^th  April

* Up to 50 stalls ** 50 to 100 stalls *** 100 to 200 stalls ****More than 200 stalls    ? Unknown

FONDETTES  Vide grenier tours Fondettes agrocampus **

Brocantes / vide greniers Sunday 1^st May

* Up to 50 stalls ** 50 to 100 stalls *** 100 to 200 stalls ****More than 200 stalls    ? Unknown

BALLAN MIRE  foire aux plants-plantes / brocante du jardin **

BERTHENAY  Brocante Vide-greniers **

BOSSEE  Brocante, vide-greniers, marché aux fleurs **

CANGEY  Bric à brac ****

CHEILLE  Vide-greniers **

CORMERY  Vide grenier - foire aux plants **

FERRIERE SUR BEAULIEU  Brocante *

PARCAY MESLAY  Vide-greniers *

RICHELIEU  Vide-greniers *

SAINT BENOIT LA FORET  Vide Grenier ***

SAINT CYR SUR LOIRE  Vide-grenier **

SAINT PIERRE DES CORPS  Vide Grenier *****

TOURS Rue Lamartine  Vide-greniers ***

The chateaux of the Loire Valley...Montpoupon

Read more about Chateau Montpoupon here

Brocantes in Touraine (Indre-et-Loire) this weekend 23rd / 24th April

Preuilly-sur-Claise

Brocantes / vide greniers Saturday 23rd  April

* Up to 50 stalls ** 50 to 100 stalls *** 100 to 200 stalls ****More than 200 stalls    ? Unknown

LA RICHE  Vide-greniers **

NOUANS LES FONTAINES  Brocante Vide-greniers **

PREUILLY SUR CLAISE  Foire de la st georges ***

SAINTE MAURE DE TOURAINE  Vide grenier **

Brocantes / vide greniers Sunday 24^th April

* Up to 50 stalls ** 50 to 100 stalls *** 100 to 200 stalls ****More than 200 stalls    ? Unknown

AUTRECHE  Vide-greniers *

BLERE  Vide armoire *

CHINON  Bric-à-brac à Saint Louans **

DRACHE  Vide-greniers **

JOUE LES TOURS  Vide grenier saint-gatien ***

LE GRAND PRESSIGNY  Brocante et vide grenier des sapeurs pompiers ***

LUYNES  Vide-greniers

MONTLOUIS SUR LOIRE  Vide-greniers ****

RICHELIEU  Vide-greniers ape des écoles publiques de richelieu

SAINT CYR SUR LOIRE  Vide-greniers **

SAINT ETIENNE DE CHIGNY  Vide greniers ***

SAINT OUEN LES VIGNES  Vide-greniers ***

SAINT SENOCH  Vide-greniers **

SAINTE MAURE DE TOURAINE  Vide-greniers

TOURS  Vide grenier - quartier Ste radegonde **

TOURS  Dimanche des Bouquinistes

TOURS  Vide-greniers Place Beaujardin

VILLAINES LES ROCHERS  Vide-greniers

Loire Valley through my lens...

This cart sits to the left of the entrance to the chateau in Le Grand Pressigny in Southern Touraine.

Tintin Rally

You can see photographs here from last year's event

Loire Valley through my lens...

Fisherman on a boat on the Vienne river at L'Île-Bouchard.

You can see more 'through my lens' here

Stained glass at Tour's Saint Gatien cathedral...

A visit to Saint Gatien's cathedral in Tours here in the Loire Valley will,as you lift your head , surely take your breath away.

Seasonal view from a bridge...in Le Grand Pressigny

Spring

In our region, Centre-Val de Loire, we are blessed with definitive seasons each bringing their own unique features to make what is a really beautiful landscape even more magical. We have chosen this 'view from a bridge' on Avenue Andre Theuriet in Le Grand Pressigny in Southern Touraine to express this...

Summer

Autumn

Winter

At any time of year light can also play its part...

You can rent a house on Avenue Andre Theuriet for your vacation here...

A great spring visit...Chateau de Cheverny

Visiting the beautiful Chateau de Cheverny here in the Loire Valley in spring is a great choice as not only do you have the delights of its sumptuous apartments inside but gardens that show of the season at its best.

Church for Sunday...St.Anthony's Loches

Read more here...