{"id":472,"date":"2012-05-10T17:43:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T16:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=472"},"modified":"2025-11-23T05:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T05:23:57","slug":"gardens-of-delight-and-delirium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/05\/10\/gardens-of-delight-and-delirium\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens Of Delight And Delirium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 10<sup>th<\/sup> May, out of nowhere, we woke up to a sunny 27\u02dac day!\u00a0 We dived down to the bottom of the storage to pull\u00a0out our summer clothes and set off for Chaumont-sur-Loire further west, on the other side of the river. The chateau is really very pretty and is participating in the \u2018Festival International des Jardins\u2019.\u00a0 One area is laid out with 30 gardens of various descriptions, some too whacky to describe and others just delightful to wander around. Throughout the park area there are also about 16 sculptures set out on the lawns, or amongst the trees.\u00a0 We stayed there for hours and took lots of photos, only leaving because we were a bit foot weary and starving, plus our Pate de Champagne was back in Eileen with today\u2019s baguette.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-473\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-473\" title=\"Chateau Chaumont-sur-Loire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/113-Chateau-Chaumont-sur-Loire-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chateau Chaumont-sur-Loire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-474\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-474\" title=\"Gnomes rising in their unilateral quest for liberty equality &amp; brotherhood\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/117-Gnomes-rising-in-their-unilateral-quest-for-liberty-equality-brotherhood-391x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gnomes rising in their unilateral quest for liberty equality &amp; brotherhood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-475\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-475\" title=\"We're in the garden....\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/121-were-in-the-garden....-399x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We&#8217;re in the garden&#8230;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-476\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-476\" title=\"Reflecting with the foxes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/125-Reflecting-with-the-foxes-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflecting with the foxes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-477\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-477\" title=\" A Ladder tree\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/128-A-Ladder-tree-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Ladder tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Driving south again we passed through Montrichard and Chenonceaux, crossed the River Cher and parked Eileen at the Le Moulin Fort campsite.\u00a0 We put the awning out for the first time, pulled the camping chairs out on to the dry grass and sat and read our books.\u00a0 Fantastique. Magnifique. Superbe. \u00a0\u00a0As the sun went down over the river we ate a big salad and hoped that it might be dry again on Friday so that we could ride our bikes to the Chateau de Chenonceux.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-478\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-478\" title=\"Sunshine at last at Chenonceaux\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/132-Sunshine-at-last-at-Chenonceaux-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunshine at last at Chenonceaux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 10th May, out of nowhere, we woke up to a sunny 27\u02dac day!\u00a0 We dived down to the bottom of the storage to pull\u00a0out our summer clothes and set off for Chaumont-sur-Loire further west, on the other side of the river. The chateau is really very pretty and is participating in the \u2018Festival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8133,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/8133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}