23rd September - Views over St Albans de Varese

It has been a beautiful Rhône Alpes autumn day to-day. Currently at 4.30pm it is 23 degrees without a cloud in the sky and no wind at all. We have just returned home from a little drive in the local countryside, through thickly forested landscapes, tiny villages and some open farmland and dodging tractors on the narrow roads. The orchardists are picking their apples and farmers are busy ploughing and we can see the final tomatoes turning red in the gardens when we stop. Firewood is being collected for the snowy winter - we will be home in Bundanoon before this area is blanketed in snow from mid November.
Here are some photos from a hilltop over looking St Albans de Varese giving you an idea of the beauty of the place.

Looking down towards our place - the road just to right of the shed, house behind the bunch of trees on RHS

The St Alban de Varese church - see the spire

To the east of the village

To the west of the village

Further west to Vernioz and La Charinaz in foreground, our neighbouring villages