Looks good! Its got a form with a connect e-address for asking questions. All time first on this one!!, Thats to say, an immediate, ( OK, auto) response, but better than the usual zero!
Message to say they’ve got my question and will be back in touch!
Wonderful. Lots of research centers and sites over my region, although of course, all mostly huge and important, the glorious chateaux. not micro industrial sites, like mine. I like big/important, but tiny/industrial and much more “of the local people” is interesting. Historic monuments don’t have to resemble Mar a Lago and dont need Trumps golden lavs. Or anything like, to be interesting.
if it’s too hot to do anything, this site has me fascinated for hours on end. Not France, but still a great source of historical info…
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Not hot here, under the trees. Everyone about to buy a property in France, get one in woodland, or with mature trees all around…the risks of having dead bits of tree fall on your head, may be no greater than your chances of winning the lottery, and 45° …may be a frequent event, for future refs.
Yeah! Bettina! This is good too! I frittered away a couple of hours thinking about assemblages/collages after seeing what had been done with those bits.
My bits are mostly huge, …but if Robert Rauschenberg can do it with stuffed sheep, etc. Then why not I? With Massive concrete things, remains of iron cooking pot, fabulous chunk of ancient plank gate with hand crafted nuts and bolts, fossils, and a stack of broken glass and pots.
Sad to say, they usually need to stay wet, to survive. Must keep some bits, somehow…
Read an interesting article in this morning’s NY Times on mapping the Roman Empire’s road network which links to an 8 minute CGI video and a huge interactive map on which I learned that the Lot velo route opposite our house appears to have been a Roman road. I’ve ‘unlocked’ the pay wall article so you should be able to follow the first hyperlink above in order to read it for free.
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Completely fabulous 
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What fun! On the map I found the fort of La Rubricaire, which we’ve visited a few times. Not much of the fort itself remains today, the stones having gone into nearby houses. There’s more left of the bathhouse.
From this vantage point on the ridge, there’s a long view of the plain below, as far north as the city of Mayenne. It’s off the nearest Roman road marked on the itiner-e map. It would have been a lonely spot. I had read that there was a line of such forts, so I expected to see other nearby forts on the map, but there aren’t any.
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Thank you so much. Found this totally fascinating. We are near Cassinomagus and the roman road is about 2km as the crow flies from our house. Ill spend a rainy afternoon (or a hot day to explore the wider worlds connection to our patch.
That’s on my bucket list to visit - I’ve driven past it a few times on my way to see friends who live near Oradour-sur-Vayres, just south of Rochechouart.
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It’s busy in the Summer and very good at special events. Their celestial event is great for kids and adults.
Can highly recommend.
Great suggestion, will definitely go next year. I only live 60 minutes from it.
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