*Taken from the ‘point de vue’ – Viviers-Sur-Artaut*

It’s 21st October, the sky is a beautiful soft blue and the sun is making a very welcome appearance. It’s a tad windy but 22°C, an absolutely gorgeous day. And a great day to finish off the ‘shutter challenge’. Those that have been following my blog for a while, may recollect it was in early September when we took two pairs of shutters down to renovate. It was actually 10th September when we started them. Anyway, today I decided was the day to finish the final pair (for now, as I do need to remember I have two more pairs to do in the spring).

Brian was moving forward on making the stairs, cutting the second stringer, so it was nice to be outside together getting some jobs done.

As it was now the third and final coat it didn’t take too long to be at a point where I needed to leave both of the volets (shutters) to dry, so suggested we take a break and grab the opportunity of such a gorgeous day to go and take some pictures of the valley.

The vines were glowing in the sunshine – precious golds, deep crimson reds, tones of fiery orange flickering down the valley. It made for a spectacular view.

*The valley looking down towards Loches-sur-Ource*

Golden vines

Up, up, we’re there

All systems go