sleeping under the stars

it seems amazing that only two weeks ago today I was half way down the ardeche just about to spent a night by the side of the river sleeping under the stars. I make no apologies for going on about this part of france as the ardeche river valley is a special place even though I have been there many times now, l am increasingly impressed each time I visit. before I left this year I wanted to return with some man made images from the area, rather than the obvious natural beauty.

to be honest I sort of forgot while I was actually there but did remember to take this picture as we entered the bivi site.

perhaps I can relax a little now

well with the end of the teaching term today. I am now thinking about trying to relax a little before I have to start planning for a new challenge moving into the next academic year and a new/additional role. I will be taking a day or so to do nothing much before I can start to hopefully have some days at the beach.

with my head still a bit stuck last week (in france) here is another picture from the ardeche. the picture above was actually taken from the bivi-site where we spent the night.