I wandered up to the market as per usual and was somewhat taken aback to see half a dozen or so armed soldiers guarding the place. It’s because of the pardon this weekend presumably but I can’t say I felt any safer having armed soldiers hanging about. The stall holders I talked to felt the same I think. They have had some unfortunate incidents in France so I guess it’s fair enough.
I didn’t take any overt photos of them in case they got upset!This free range snails stall was new.So I bought some.These are snail and pork kebabs.I bought a bunch of veges and a sausage gallette from the gallette man. I am very keen on his gallettes I must admit.This dog was enjoying the sun and watching people walk by.
Un marché médiéval fantastique au manoir d’Even à Guégon.
I bumped into our friend Françoise at the market and she kindly invited me to come with them to this médiéval market at Guégon in the afternoon.
A manoir is like a very small castle for minor nobles. This one is rather nice.Note the ledges at the top there on the left.The ledges have holes behind them. They are for pigeons. Back in the day minor nobles kept pigeons, as a hobby but also for eating.Quite a good turnout.Gâteau à la broche is cake made on a spit. The theory is that Napoleon’s troops bought the recipe back with them from Russia. Here’s the recipe: “120 eggs, 3kg sugar, 3kg flour, 3kg butter, 2 litres of rum and half a litre of pastis. Cover the cone with baking paper and allow an hour for it to heat up sufficiently. Pour the mix over it whilst turning the spit constantly and allow 5 hours for it to cook”From this side you can see the tower.It was a good afternoon out, thanks Jean-Pierre and Françoise!We drove back through some tiny villages in the countryside, all of which had very impressive churches. Considering the population size, it must have taken a lot of resources. I popped up to the supermarket for some supplies and on the way back stumbled onto this classic car group touring Brittany. I liked this DS.DS wagon towing a bike on a trailer, followed by a guy on a Triumph motorcycle. Austin-Healey bug-eyed Sprite!Renault R8Renault Dauphine followed by an old Merc.Another DS.Peugeot 504 coupé. I cooked up the snail kebabs, I quite liked them but they were a bit chewy.Sunday morning they had open air mass for the pardon.Mary getting a front row seat there!
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