Wednesday is Loches day...check out the river

The river Indre meanders through Loches adding to its attraction as the most popular place to visit in Southern Touraine.

2012 Chaumont Garden Festival

The theme for this years Garden Festival at Chateau Chaumont-sur-Loire has been announced. The 2012 Festival will run from April 25th  until the 14th October with the theme "Gardens of Delight, gardens delusions"

Last year ( 2011 ) we visited  Chaumont garden festival in late April to check it out at an earlier stage,normally we'd wait until the gardens are well established. We were not sure if we would be disappointed with the plantings perhaps not being mature enough but where we could see that there was quite a bit to look forward to, the gardens were still a delight. We will not be able to look at a wooden crate again without thinking of skyscrapers - inspired.

A visit to the festival is a very good day out - if you haven't been you should try it.