We are staying in a farm cottage near Arrou in the region of Eure-et-Loir. The land is flat. Everywhere you look are fields and water towers, wild flowers and birdlife, and the odd bat!

Visiting the nearby town of Brou we wandered through back streets and along the river bank with it’s magnificant trees, seeking out the medieval lavoirs public (wash houses) still visible along the water’s edge.