Medieval Domfront with its old quarter and an unusual church. In truth it did feel spookily quiet.
The Gang Of Pizza kiosks are in most villages but looking inside my fridge this morning I doubt I'll get to try one. That is a shame as I really want to try the ordering process and see what comes out.
This isn't the best photo because the lighting is all wrong but it shows the short pitched roof of the bell towers you often see here; actually it doesn't even show that very well.
As I pedal through the quiet lanes, hedgerows, and mixed woodlands of Normandy, a common sight is the Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) soaring overhead or sat on a fence post. It’s far and away the most abundant bird of prey in this landscape — a soundtrack in the skies though you could accuse it of being rather dull in appearance. Across Europe, the Common Buzzard is among the top birds of prey in numbers. It is estimated at 700,000+ pairs in many conservative counts; other estimates push total individuals into the low millions.
I did get quite close to a common buzzard when I startled one feeding on carrion by the roadside. This isn't me by the way but it does capture my encounter with the common buzzard.
I am in Normandy which means dairy and apples orchards.
The roads are quite busy with tractors towing trailers full of shredded maize plants which is stored as winter cattle fodder. The harvesters themselves are ferocious looking. As the whole maize plant is harvested there is alot of bulk to be transported back to the farm for storage.
