Sunday Lunch in Romorantin

After the heavy and continuous rain of Saturday, Sunday 1 May dawned fine and cold. It warmed up over the day, but now the evening sky is clear and chill. 1 May is 'Work Day' in France, or we might say labour day. This means that almost everywhere is closed and will be tomorrow, because this year it falls on a weekend and of course because it's lundi tomorrow anyway.
Still, undaunted, we walked into town seeking Sunday lunch and found it at la Belle Epoque at the end of rue George Clémanceau if you are interested. And you should be. We had the finest omelettes, with frite and salade I can remember,  apart from those cooked by prof. Liz Stanley.

We loved the massiveness of the beeches along the Sauldre, just coming into leaf.

And a magnolia in full flower. It's just another public park, but they are all so well maintained. I think it has something to do with Leonardo da Vinci who spent time in the town ages ago

This clothes shop front on Clémonceau is a delight in concrete-to-look-like-drapery. Modernism's "material dictates form" is turned wittily on its head.

This is the street of woe and shame. Guess which motorhomer went right, past the sign forbidding delivery vans. What else is a motorhome really? Why Johnny do you think there is this restriction? Well you know now and will need to have a new awning cassette fitted after the present cracked one is removed. Goodbye £600 plus.

More views of the lovely Sauldre which has created a series of islands, now in full flow down to the Cher, after yesterday's rain. Below is the other side of that social rented development I showed the other day. Note how close they are to the river, but flood water can disipate beneath the terrace, flowing away by an emergency inundation route.