The Cameron Highlands

I was a total tourist yesterday, and took a coach trip…

…up a very twisty, steep road…

…into the Cameron Highlands. An ‘hill station’ set up by the British to get away from the heat.

We visited…

…a strawberry farm…

…cum…

…garden centre…which gave the chance…

…to get up close and personal with some flowers.

Which was apt as we went on to visit…

…a bee farm…

…then a butterfly garden…(even I know butterflies don’t look like that).

As well as the butterflies…

…there were greedy llamas…

…succulents laid out like…

…perfect carpet squares…

…and pretty flowers!?!

We had lunch at the golf club…

…visited a tea plantation (which I’ll give a blog if its own)…

…and had a look at a waterfall…

…then made our way…

…back down the twisty road…

…and back to the city.

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Abbaye Sainte-Marie-de-la-Pierre-qui-Vire

Deep in the woods… …you can find a magnificent… …Benedictine Abbey, which you may have heard of, as they make very good cheese. Although the place dates from the last century, there is an atmosphere of deep calm and tranquility. Deeper into the woods… …there is a hidden delight… …a little glade… …with a statue of the Virgin Mary. It is an extraordinary place.

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.

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.

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