Last week the garagiste in Mirambeau took me to see a car for sale in Niort. We returned via the motorway; near Mirambeau he stopped in the entrance to an unlabelled little road, unlocked the barred gate which blocked it, and drove through, passing a small marble memorial shrine to those who died in a dreadful accident here on 10 November 1993. I looked it up: in fog, there was a crash involving 52 vehicles (including 6 lorries) which killed 15 people and injured 53 others. It's out of the way but is still decorated with flowers.
This morning's was a happier sight. A beautiful male marsh harrier rose from the verge at Les Carrières just as my car passed. They are massive close up!
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