France... St Antonin Noble Val

September 2017

To be developed over the next few days, our trip to this beautiful part of France, it;s medieval villages, markets and river gorge.

The beautiful old town of St Antonin Noble Val. Officially a town, but with a population of around 1500, it is little more than a village on the Aveyron river. It was here that we made our base for a week in September.

We climbed out of the town to get a view of the area and the river gorge. The limestone slopes of the hillside were alive with butterflies. On this particular day they were very lively and difficult to photograph.

The village of Caylus. Many old and interesting buildings, but not developed along commercial lines to take advantage of tourism.

Some interesting light coming through the stained glass windows of the church.

Authentic 'shabby chic'.

 Window shopping, probably an estate agent.

The old streets around the church.

 Najaf, one of the most beautiful places that we visited on this trip.

Lots of well preserved mediaeval buildings.

 The main street runs from the market place to the chateau.

The market  place still has some of the old arcades where traders used to sell their goods.

Nowadays the arcades make a nice shady area to do some window shopping.