We had this ancient stone farmhouse all to ourselves, courtesy of our friends, Neil and Gordon
The town's14th century donjon
We saw bats and shooting stars each night from our garden.
Neighbouring cows grazed just a few feet from our doorstep.
We saw an owl one night on the way home!
Unfortunately, Nick got a flat tyre the day after we arrived in Bazoges.
The bright side of this situation was the mechanics in Chantonay
A Vendéen specialty is buttery brioche...
...which we made French toast with for breakfast.
Reading over breakfast
Nick gathered seeds from plants he liked.
Outside the donjon
Ciste des Cous is a prehistoric burial chamber dating from 3000 B.C.
I can never resist a caveman moment
This man was reading near the Lay river
