8h00 – Saturday 1 October 2011 The brisk autumn air greets me as I step out into the grey early light of the morning. After a long hot summer this is quite a change having to put on a warm fleece but as the first rays of sunshine sleepily peek over the Montagne Noire I have every confidence that the warmth will triumph over the cold.
Harvesting grapes
More...
It is often said that Normandy is a creation of history rather than of geography.
This vast region has been geographically carved out by the Garonne, the great river into which many well-known rivers flow: