Normandy (and Brittany); Gites, Part Two, 2017
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Not too far from Mont Saint-Michel in Brittany is another fine accomodation, Le Clos Saint-Gilles. It is wonderfully renovated, has large comfortable rooms, and serves incredible breakfasts. Serious post-breakfast exercise is recommended. But the grounds are what make it truly unique: award-winning gardens, some with formal bits and some with wildness. The proprietors are, incidentally, great cooks, very helpful, and botanical and rebuilding wizards. And madame paints very well. It is a fine base for seeing more of Brittany (Mont Saint-Michel and St. Malo, for example).
Grapes hang from the arch over one of the outbuildings. And the renovated - but correct - roof shields the loft opening and rustic door of the barn (or former barn).
Even in rain, the garden offers surprises and fine realizations of lush designs.
The grounds also delight in sun.
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After a lifetime of mainly expressing myself with words, my postings here will mainly rely on images. They will speak for themselves to some extent, but I'll usually add a few comments of explanation. I've taken photographs for decades, since the 1950's, inspired in part by my father's photographic skill. Four years of photo assignments and quality darkroom time eventually gave way to decades of casual and family picture-taking. I re-immersed myself when I left film and turned to digital.