I wanted to backtrack and put Montresor in as it had a uniqueness about it and needed to be in the 2022 blog book. We discovered this little village on our way home to Loches. It was along those roads where you travel and really hope that you don’t meet anyone coming the other way. I had read somewhere it had cute river balconies although I had no idea what they were. We wander up the hill to the ruins of a castle and then back down through windy lanes. It’s once again very pretty, but I am sad to say not now unique as our “ABC” starts to kick in. It’s hot and I can’t help but bemoan the obvious fact that most castles are built on hills and despite the fact that that houses dripping down cliff faces is what makes them “quaint” I am at this moment tired of sun, heat and hills.
The reason I wanted to come here was because I had heard the river walk was really pretty and so far we hadn’t even found the river. A climb back down and by chance we look down between two houses and spot a bridge where we cross over the a shady riverbank. Whatever I had thought in my head were river balconies I was wrong.
We cross the little entrance bridge and are greeted by the above. The river is more of a stream or at least in this part it is.
The entire walk has all sorts of handcrafted art on display and then on the opposite side of the river the property owners have displayed their own creativity.
The whole walk is really pretty and its amazing what a little village can do to display its talents and add to its uniqueness. I guess it reminded me of Otorohanga and its Kiwiana even complete with its own buzzy bees.
