The Santa Fe Trail

What’s a trip to America without a road trip?

Anastasia, Huw, the Corgi Nutjobs and I…

…hit the trail, the Santa Fe trail in fact.

The folks apologised for taking a fast, but boring route…

However, I found it…

…all rather astonishing…

…and felt that I’d stumbled into a Western, albeit with big trucks.

Before one gets too romantic, it’s as well to remember this is stolen land (photo credit @Lawrence Huw Webber).

We are now in our holiday home…

…which has a walled garden to keep the corgis in, and the snakes out…

….who knows what the next few days will bring?

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Corbigny past and present

Itˋs still too damn hot, but I managed a trip out to Corbigny, where there is a lovely toy shop… …interesting mediaeval bits and pieces… …fun shop signs… …a great place to drink coffee and watch the world go by… …suitably mad French cars… …and baffling street furniture… …and a chilling reminder that not that long ago, people like you and me were taken away and annihilated. Remember them, never forget, never again.

Église st Jean Baptiste - Moulins-Engilbert

For a small, sleepy place…Moulins-Engilbert… …has a very large church. It is… …rather… …lovely… …with lots to see… …beautiful… …carving… …and lovely old wooden pews. And as well… …as these lovely faces… …there are… …some glorious statues in the crypt. However, what most spoke to me was the war memorial… …including my hostˋs grandfather.

Vézelay - one of my favourite places on earth

What is there to say… …about Vézelay, which hasn’t already been said by better wordsmiths than me? We set off early because of the heat… …and to my great delight…had… …the basilica…more or less… …to ourselves… …in calm… …tranquil… ….peace. Do try… …and visit… …if you can. Part of my soul… …is always there.

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