Tour de Barcelonne

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Tour de Barcelonne

Philip at the start point for our walk to Tour de Barcelonne
Heading back down the mountain





Juniper berries

Landscape of area near Chabeuil
George and Tammy
From the top - looks like George is going to fly off.
Uncle Pierre, our unflappable tour guide
Rural landscape of area surrounding Chabeuil
George and Tammy
Walking up
walking up - the view of the north
Ruins of a drawbridge
Scrub oak
Family shot at the top with the tower
More landscape
Marc
Anne-Marie and George
Marc
Tammy taking in the end of the day rays of fall.
Rampart remnant
Remnant of a defensive structure on the north side of the tower
Deep blue sky over the tower
A strong, block tower meant as a look out and stronghold

Weathervain atop the tower
Philip in photography mode
A peek of the superficial geological layer
George, Anne-Marie and Marie-Claire
Flowers fading with the fall
Lady bug and limestone
Newish old
Tower and sky
Homesteads, farms and sky
Landscape - horizontal
Delicate succulent plant finds a foothold
Tour de Barcelonne
And even ferns find their niche
Group family photo
Nearly spent berries
White puff-tipped grass
Emergenc vehicle called up to attend to someone having a crisis
Stone road remnants
The emergency apparently is more complicated than we thought - police await
Thistle
Corn field
Lavender land near The Bomb, the old family farmstead
Field of corn, mostly pig feed in France (and many other places)

Round bales of alfalfa hay
Another succulent
Mailbox with address of current "La Baume" occupants
Another short of a lavender field
Wildflowers

The Tour de Barcelonne is the restored tower of a 12th century castle destroyed in 1630.