It has been fun reviewing all the blogs of 2022 to see what were the highlights and what were the determining features of the year. Weather, local events and wildlife were the standouts for me, as I will explain.
The weather had a major impact on the year, from a sharp late frost affecting certain crops, winds taking down trees, sand storms in the African desert affecting cloud colour to the searingly hot and dry summer, which facilitated the massive forest fire and reduced crop sizes for those things that survived the frost. Once the rains did start finally, at least we had mushrooms for the end of the year - here are some photographic reminders of all that.
After two years of Covid restrictions, 2022 had many of the usual events back, including the local trout fishing day, the delayed 600th anniversary of the Battle of Vieil Baugé, a full on Comice, car boot sales and my favourite, the Societé de la Paix Mechoui.
But perhaps most excitingly, the trail camera lived up to its promise and showed us a wealth of wildlife, plus being more alert to that meant spotting others with a phone camera too, so the real stars of 2022 were the animals!
Hopefully the animals will all put in appearances during 2023!
Happy New Year!
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