Les Charpentiers sans Frontières have been restoring some of the Chapel rafters. Parts of the frame, more suited to a much lighter roof, are broken because of strong winds and the weight of lead. Eighty-year old oak trees felled locally from the woods around Chanteloup have been used for the restoration.

Discover a collection unique in France, ranging from folk art to machines weighing more than 2 tonnes.

Is This The Way To Compostela? Not now, but it was. Amboise was on what the Spanish called the The French Road because the first pilgrims to Santiago (Saint James) de Compostela were French.

Often heard, but not often seen, we are privileged to see this magnificent bird in our garden.

Above the entrance to the Post Office in Quai General de Gaulle Amboise, is a low relief carving depicting François I and Leonardo da Vinci.

So called from the crab like way the front legs are arranged so that it can run sideways. They are longer and stronger than the back legs.

That there exists the remains of a chapel underneath the chapel which now goes by the name of St. Hubert Is no mystery. Saint Blaise was a Christian Martyr in Turkey, a very popular Saint with a cult following all over Europe.

Kenneth Clarke, in his book Civilisation, raves over Chartres. The first cathedral in France dedicated to the Virgin Mary is, he said: ‘The epitome of the great awakening of European civilisation’.