Apart from hanging out in the house we also went on excursions a bit further afield, and one of them was to the Marqueyssac gardens, which as you can see in this pic was a-mazing. I’ve never seen hedges like it!

The house in the grounds used to be someone’s fancy abode in the late 18th century.

Which we got to see a bit of on our way to the loo. Like you do.

A place ain’t fancy unless it has peacocks strutting around the grounds. Gosh, we humans are so boring looking compared to these guys. I mean, you couldn’t make it up. Those long back feathers, with their green and blue eyes on them, that then opens up into that display, and those little head feathers looking just so.

We went along a path in the boiling heat that took you through the gardens, and there was lots to look at along the way.

Like the Dordogne, flowing past way down below.

And here we all are, taking in the views.

I totally recognised this man’s hunched up camera posture, as I do it too when I take pictures. I would so love it if there’s a picture of me, hunched up exactly the same way, with my straw hat on, taking this picture, like one of those infinite mirrors :)