Here's a view of the island in the Cher River at Saint-Aignan. I'm standing on the left bank with St.-Aignan behind me. On the upstream tip of the island is a big park with picnic tables and such, and a sandy beach. On the downstream end is the municipal swimming pool and garden allotments.
Big red block letters spell out "la plage," the beach. It's not quite the Hollywood sign, but what the heck.
Last evening a thunderstorm hit us full on. It didn't last very long, maybe twenty minutes or so, but the sky got dark with thunder and lightning and a downpour and a half of rain. We had a calm night with a couple of short power outages, but nothing serious. This morning there's some residual light rain, but that should be ending as I type this.
More beauty! Have you ever gone for a swim there? I’m not big on river or lake swimming, but in a summer heatwave, it would be a nice relief. I would so enjoy a good downpour.
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