{"id":506,"date":"2012-05-14T20:16:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T19:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=506"},"modified":"2025-11-23T05:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T05:27:12","slug":"a-lovely-day-in-so-many-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/05\/14\/a-lovely-day-in-so-many-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lovely Day In So Many Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes it has been a lovely day.\u00a0 We drove over to Savonierres and then cycled along the River Cher to Villandry. \u00a0There are now poppies flowering along the edge of the rape fields adding extra colour to the rural scenes.<\/p>\n<p>The Chateau de Villandry was completed in 1536 and is the last of the great chateaux built along the Loire Valley.\u00a0 It looked lovely, but we were there to stroll around the gardens which are laid out over terraces and contain 1,200 lime trees, 52km of box hedging and some of the 250,000 individual flowers and vegetables that are planted here each year.\u00a0 There are ornamental gardens, a water garden, a herb garden, a maze, a vegetable garden, and a woodland and we wandered around everything, stopping only to take photos and to have a &#8216;pique-nique&#8217; overlooking the large pond.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-507\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-507\" title=\"Chateau de Villandry\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/190-Chateau-de-Villandry-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chateau de Villandry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-508\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-508\" title=\"Chateau de Villandry\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/196-Chateau-de-Villandry-600x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chateau de Villandry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-509\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-509\" title=\"Chateau de Villandry\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/201-Chateau-de-Villandry-600x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chateau de Villandry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-510\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-510\" title=\"Chateau de Villandry\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/202-Chateau-de-Villandry-600x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chateau de Villandry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When we finally left the garden, we had an ice cream before cycling back to Eileen.\u00a0Then back at the Ballan-Mire campsite, it was so warm we donned our swimmers and dived in to the chilly indoor pool.\u00a0 I spent half an hour jiggling about doing aquarobics and swimming while Rodney spent most of that time sat on the side watching\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-511\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-511\" title=\"The pool at Camping La Mignardierre\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/212-Pool-at-Camping-La-Mignardierre-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pool at Camping La Mignardierre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve sat outside in the sunshine reading our books and now we\u2019re tucking in to lasagne and salad before another night under the stars.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes it has been a lovely day.\u00a0 We drove over to Savonierres and then cycled along the River Cher to Villandry. \u00a0There are now poppies flowering along the edge of the rape fields adding extra colour to the rural scenes. 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