Friday, 28 July 2017

Auvergne

It was some time since I had last visited the Puys and the train to the summit of Puy de Dôme was new to me.


Base station






Puy de Dôme summit from base station

Station detail



On board

Towards Le Mont-Dore

Summit buildings

Monument to Eugène Renaux


The peak

Summit buildings

Summit station





I had lunch back at the main road ...


Lunch place


View back to the summit




... and then on to Le Mont-Dore.


Village of Orcival



Rock formations near Col de Guèry





Le Mont-Dore from base of Puy de Sancy

Chair-lift

Puy de Sancy

Cable car to summit

Puy de Sancy





Friday, 21 July 2017

Le Teich 2017

My visits to this wonderful reserve in SW France seem to have become an annual event.


White Stork

(photo-bombing by French Air Force - the Stork were untroubled)






Black-winged Stilt


















Shelduck



Greylag Goose



Black-headed Gull



Avocet














Redshank





Ringed Plover


















Mute Swan



Cormorant




Great Crested Grebe