Beautiful Perigord ...

I told in my previous post that I'd write about the beautiful nature in Perigord. 

I want to start with a sad topic. Indeed, Perigord is the region where is producted the famous "foie-gras" made with fat livers of geese and ducks. We all know the process : the force-feeding. I hate that ! 

And I hate so much that practice that I refuse to eat foie-gras. 

Well, what I mean is that region we've never seen gosses or ducks outdoors except at one place. I think it's astounding !  

Je vous avais dit écrire un petit quelque chose sur la nature périgourdine. Avant tout, je tiens à quelques mots sur la question du gavage pour la production de foie-gras. C'est une pratique que j'ai en horreur et d'ailleurs je refuse désormais d'en manger. 

Ce que je trouve ahurissant est que dans cette région de production, on ne voit jamais un seul canard, ni une seule oie en liberté. A l'exception d'une fois : 

Those geese are all force-fed. 

You can see below the neck damage of this practice ! 

Bien qu'elle soient dehors, toutes ces oies sont gavées et l'on voit ci-dessous le résultat de cette pratique au niveau du cou ! 

The shame of it !! 
C'est une honte !! 

I couldn't speak about that region without exposing this horrible practice ! I really hope that one day it'll be different ...

Indeed this region is so wild and green ...

There's a lot of space to let them free ...

I don't know what we can do against this cruelty except to boycott the products ! 

An other product comes from Perigord : the walnut. 

There're many fields of walnuts trees. 

Dans le Périgord : des noix et donc des noyers : 

In some fields, I was very happy to see poppies. I like so much that flower. 

And many daisies...

It's so green ... 

I love the forests there ... 

I think this spectacular : 

I love mushrooms ...

Once, I saw a caterpillars' nest ... 

Un jour, je suis tombée sur un nid de chenilles :

and a spiders' nest ...

These baby spiders are cute, aren't they ? 

Mais aussi sur un nid d'araignées ... 

And I met some interesting individuals ...

It was a pleasant stay in this region. 

On the Dordogne river banks, I could sit and crochet ...

This is what I did : 

I crocheted 2 cushions covers following the pattern I wrote last year. Now I must sew the cushions. 

J'ai crocheté 2 housses de coussins en suivant le modèle que j'avais écrit l'an passé. 

I don't how it can happen but I'm feeling like having no time for anything !!!! Do you feel the same ?! 

I have lot of work at the office, at home and almost no time for knitting or crocheting or spinning ! 

Furthermore, the weather is so chilly and windy here ... almost all the time. I'm tired of it !! 

Je ne sais pas comment c'est possible mais j'ai l'impression de ne pas voir de temps pour quoi que ce soit ! 

Beaucoup de travail au bureau, à la maison et presque pas de temps pour les loisirs ... 

De plus, j'en ai marre de ce temps froid et venteux !! 

Please Take Care

and 

See you soon ! 

xx

Quiet days in Perigord

I've been away for a while from blogging and more generally from the internet. 

I needed a long rest so I took 2 weeks off and I went to the Perigord. I love this region. I already wrote a post about it last year (see here). We go there as often as we can. 

For us, the Perigord is a wonderful region ...

Do you know that region of France ? Probably its name ... 

It's a region in the south-west, far from 580 kms from home, that corresponds to the department of Dordogne in Aquitaine. 
It's known for the ducks and gosses products (foie-gras), for delicious walnuts and chestnuts, for strawberry, for wines like Bergerac and Monbazillac. Perigord is considered the center of truffles production. 

But it's also a region very rich of prehistorical and historical sites. Indeed, there's the World Capital of Prehistory (les Eyzies-de-Tayac) because of a exceptional prehistoric heritage. 

There're 1500 castles ...

The Dordogne river was designated Biosphere reserve by the UNESCO in 2012. 

Ces deux dernières semaines, je suis partie de nouveau dans ma région préférée à savoir le Périgord...
Vous connaissez cette région, la voici à travers quelques clichés. 

But the best is to have a look ... 

Beynac Castle and the village along the river - 13th century. 

Le château de Beynac et la Dordogne, rivière classée depuis 2012 par l'UNESCO pour ses rives à la biosphère exceptionnelle.

The Dordogne River. 

Fayrac Castle- 14th Century-  

Beynac

On the towpath...
Sur le chemin de halage ... 

The Dordogne River- Le Rocher de la Cave- 

Cadouin Abbey- 12th century-

Visite de Cadouin et de son abbaye. 

The backyard of the abbey.

The old market in the plaza of Cadouin

Nous logeons à chaque fois près de Sarlat, une superbe ville.

The old church in Sarlat

Sarlat

In Perigord, the houses are built with ochre limestone and the roofing material is the "Lauze", a flat stone typical of the region. 

Dans cette partie du périgord (la plus proche du Lot), les maisons sont de calcaire ocre et les toits montés en "lauze", une pierre plate typique de la région. 

In Dordogne, there's an impressive number of old cave-dwellings sites, like this one, Roc de Cazelle. 

En Dordogne, il y a une quantité impressionnante de maisons troglodytes dont le Roc de Cazelle qui a été habitée de la préhistoire (- 12000 ans) à 1966 !! 

The site was occupied 12000 years ago and .... until 1966 !

12000 years ago

In the middle age

Until 1966 the last family living in this site had this single room ...
La dernière famille vivant sur ce site vivait dans cette pièce ... 

They had a guest room and a telephone booth ... 

They had a shed.

Look at these combs for carding and their very big nails ... 

 The place where they lived is really impressive. 

They had a farm and a garden. 

There's some animals living in the site we can visit. 

It's a Valachie sheep or racka

Oh... it's a long post today and I have a lot to show you ! I'll do it on my next post. I think I'll write about the beautiful wild nature in this region. 

I hope you'll forgive me because I haven't followed your blogs for 2 weeks now, as usual ... and now it's not easy to catch up with all of you !!!  

Dans mon prochain article, je vous parlerai de la superbe nature de cette région que j'adore. 

J'espère que vous me pardonnerez de ne pas vous avoir suivies pendant ces 15 derniers jours. Je m'étais complètement coupée d'internet ...

Thanks for your visit ! 

Please Take Care, 

and See you soon ! 

xx

 Lacypierre Castle (St Crépin et Carlucet)