Marais de Taligny

Having had enough of wineries for this trip, we took a nature walk at the Marais de Taligny just up the road in La Roche Clermault.

This is one of the largest wetlands in the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Park.

The 4.5 km walk took us beside a pretty stream, through marshland and past the local crop fields.

Elderberry bushes
Wild hops growing in the marsh
Wild hops!
Huge fields of sunflowers ready for harvest. Most of the sunflower seeds are pressed into oils and the leftover stalks become cattle feed
Harvested corn looking very dried and spent.
The sunflowers are often planted next to corn or wheat crops

Later in the afternoon we headed back to the chateau to relax and start organizing for our return to Paris.

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