05/08/2023

The HIVE Tour - Episode 49 - Enjoying the sweetness of rural France

I've cycled you around Le Mans, I walked you around its center, how about riding with me some km North of the city? Let's go:

The above picture is taken outside the town hall of Assé-le-Boisne. A sweet spot where at the opposite side is this Saint Vincent temple:


Which also features this nice flower work in front:

If I was here a little later the sun would have helped me take a much better picture:

Especially from this side:



From here the ride gets even more scenic and a stop at Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei bridge is a must.
Why? Because:


It's very narrow, old as it is, and I don't wanna know what's going on here on busy days but here it is at its perfect emptiness:

The view from the bridge is quite lovely and the cute houses here only make it even more scenic:












All French to me:

Time to move on:

Ι enter the village where I find this monument:

My French doesn't help me much (if any at all) to understand what it is about but it says something about a fortress, the village plus some medieval years. For the moment that's where my bike will wait for me:

Yep, I parked cause it's time to walk the village. Who would say no to this beauty?

No paint? No problem - nature does it better than we do:




No shortage of cuteness here:


At number 6 of the main street of this tiny village I find this chair outside this house:

The sun has burned an important detail: there's a handwritten paper on it reading "70€".

Look at that religious detail on the top of this house:

It's a full on flower power here:



Here's the local Church:



As usual, it's located next to the cemetary:



At this wall you saw above is the following, rather interesting detail:


Seems there's a good amount for respect to trees here. And rightly so, they can be useful and good looking through all the stages of their lives:


At least pictures are allowed here:



My walk at this lovely little village of Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei brings me in front of this lovely mansion:

Unfortunately I can't see more of it and the only info about it is that it is (was?) the house of Jean Jacquemot. I guess locals know more about him but I didn't manage to find anything by looking him up. Hard to think of a better place for a cottage:

I find this promising trail steps later so I keep it in mind to explore it on my way back:

The reason is that I have this cute chapel ahead:




The only problem is that the kids who play in front of it wouldn't allow for a video with proper sound so I leave it for later. Let's go down that trail:



At the end of it I fall on this green gate:

Fortunately there's more than enough unlocked beauty to enjoy here at the river Sharte and I am more than happy to share it with you.
Enjoy:









A real eye massage. As I step back up to the village I collect more flower power from its streets:







My last shots of Saint Ceneri le Gerei before I hop on my bike speak for its size as this can be considered as its main square:





On my way to my next destination I have a short meeting with these guys:


A few km later I arrive where I intented to and I appreciate this lovely day as I park my bike in the shade:



It's an amazing spot hence these lucky campers chose it in the background:

Time to walk,

see you later!

As you can see it's a lovely walk here under the shade of the trees:

Plus the view around is nice too:




However, I am looking for a view point named Belvedere des Toyeres. Soon it seems that I have reached it:




You saw the keyword "panorama" above? That's because this spot is supposed to offer one. And as I approach this balcony I am convinced it really delivers:

Ready? Have a look:



Amazing if nothing else. There's more trails around that probably worth following but my time is running out so with a heavy heart I ignore this one:

The local fauna digs holes in the ground:

I'm back at my iron horse:

And as I start driving back to Le Mans I take this shot of a sunflower field:

You can watch a video of the ride and the places of interest I showed you before in 4k here:


Hope you liked this day trip, see you on the next one(s)!

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