Another great day out in Loire Atlantique
Incluso cuando nos nevó en el trabajo y renovaciones, siempre – y casi siempre – took Sunday off and now is no exception. With the sun shining and spirits high we set off to Nantes last Sunday to re-visit an annual garden event at a lovely park and stately home called Blottereau. Of course I just happened to find a car boot taking place just up the road as well so I was a really happy bunny having my two favourite things on one day.
The Vide Grenier was massive but spoiled by the distance from the car park to the stalls, rather put me off buying anything larger than pocket sized as neither of us fancied carting it back. Another strange but seemingly true phenonemon is that the larger the car boot, the fewer things I find to buy. It seems the ideal size is between 70 y 150 stalls yet you’d think the bigger the better.
After trudging around that, we headed for the park, got lost going on a motorway we shouldn’t have been on but eventually got there. Then I cursed myself – the camera was still sitting on my table back home. So apologies all round for no lovely pics but I hope the links help. The gardens are huge and this year they added some live performances sited outside the chateau and a collection of stalls dedicated to equitable farming and produce. The plan doesn’t really do it justice but might help to get the scale of the place. There is no website for the park itself but by visiting the Nantes Parks site you can see photos of the 2008 festival and pretty soon I’m sure they’ll add the 2009 collection. We dived into the plant stalls after the best strawberry and vanilla ice cream ever, determined not to spend much money but of course couldn’t resist the temptation entirely. Armed with a few grasses, perennials and a couple of tiny shrubs we called it a day.
Considering the place was heaving with people buying loads of plants, it’s amazing that the message hasn’t got across to French garden centres that they would probably double their turnover if they opened on Sundays.
One thing you can be sure of – from now on my camera will be chained to my bag. There’s so much to see and visit in this region, have a great holiday in Gites Loire Atlantique soon
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Otro día fantástico
Another great day out in Loire Atlantique
Incluso cuando nos nevó en el trabajo y renovaciones, siempre – y casi siempre – took Sunday off and now is no exception. With the sun shining and spirits high we set off to Nantes last Sunday to re-visit an annual garden event at a lovely park and stately home called Blottereau. Of course I just happened to find a car boot taking place just up the road as well so I was a really happy bunny having my two favourite things on one day.
The Vide Grenier was massive but spoiled by the distance from the car park to the stalls, rather put me off buying anything larger than pocket sized as neither of us fancied carting it back. Another strange but seemingly true phenonemon is that the larger the car boot, the fewer things I find to buy. It seems the ideal size is between 70 y 150 stalls yet you’d think the bigger the better.
After trudging around that, we headed for the park, got lost going on a motorway we shouldn’t have been on but eventually got there. Then I cursed myself – the camera was still sitting on my table back home. So apologies all round for no lovely pics but I hope the links help. The gardens are huge and this year they added some live performances sited outside the chateau and a collection of stalls dedicated to equitable farming and produce. The plan doesn’t really do it justice but might help to get the scale of the place. There is no website for the park itself but by visiting the Nantes Parks site you can see photos of the 2008 festival and pretty soon I’m sure they’ll add the 2009 collection. We dived into the plant stalls after the best strawberry and vanilla ice cream ever, determined not to spend much money but of course couldn’t resist the temptation entirely. Armed with a few grasses, perennials and a couple of tiny shrubs we called it a day.
Considering the place was heaving with people buying loads of plants, it’s amazing that the message hasn’t got across to French garden centres that they would probably double their turnover if they opened on Sundays.
One thing you can be sure of – from now on my camera will be chained to my bag. There’s so much to see and visit in this region, have a great holiday in Gites Loire Atlantique soon