Recently we drove down to a village called Chalais not far from Belarbre in the departement next door - Indre. We went to see the church as we'd read it was worth visiting.
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| A well trained climber! |
While in Chalais, a tiny village with a small green round the church, we spotted this simple but effective method of getting your trailing plants to do what you want: tie a rock to the shoot or branch you want to cascade over the wall and let gravity do the rest!
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| Chalais church |
Sadly the church was shut -- recently we've been caught out by this a few times. Our village church is always open, so we've not really got the mind-set that churches might be closed. However, as it has now happened a couple of times we are more aware of the possibility of it occuring. Unfortunately, it can be impossible to find out in advance whether a particular church is open or shut so going on a visit remains a gamble!
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Jules showed me that trick when I was first in France....and in those days churches were generally open, before the wave of thefts took place.
Nice idea... we've a 'gage that needs to be pulled down a bit... just need to find the right sized boulders though!!
And church closed... excuse for further visit!
I've seen it done with fruit trees a bit -- must remember it as a technique!
Is visiting the mairie an option, to see if you can get the key to a church? I know a couple of chapels you can get the key for at the nearest tourist office.
@fly - clever isn't it
@Tim - we'll go back. Our information is there are some worthwhile wall paintings to be seen,
@Susan - the place was so small it didn't have a maire that we noticed--though to be honest we didn't look ultra hard. [Probably part of a village house]
However, definitely an option to try a next time if open. :-)
I hate it when churches are shut but I do find quite a few open never the less.
Thanks for passing on the stone idea. Have a great week Diane
@Diane - you're welcome.
On balance we find more open than closed but it is such a shame that some people find they need to lock theirs.
The idea with the rocks is quite clever isn't it? I've never seen that before!
@Craig - neither had we and it's so simple! :-)
What a good idea -- and it doesn't cost anything, either!
@Broad - nope and there's no shortage of rocks either! :-)
The genius of simplicity. :-) What a good idea.
Our little village church is always open too, despite being a post-war rebuild unlikely to attract tourists. It's such a shame when these iconic buildings aren't accessible.
@Perpetua - a shame isn't it that some churches have to be locked to protect themselves.
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