COLD DARK ROOM

[Bee62]

Good evenooning all. A few photos from today’s trip to the “Causses et Cévennes” national park which is a UNESCO world heritage site. As well as the mountains there are farmed plateaus at 1000 metres (~3000ft) cut through by deep river gorges. The scenery is spectacular.

Several years ago, 2 species of vulture (Black and Griffon) were reintroduced to the area. Not long after, Egyptian vultures pitched up of their own accord. This year Lammergeier (aka Bearded Vulture) were reintroduced.

We have been here a a few times and the numbers have much increased. We were very excited to see the Lammergeier too, so we saw all 4 species. Vultures are so rare in Western Europe. This is a major environmental success. [emoji4]

View attachment 279043
Lammergeier left, Griffon right
View attachment 279044
View attachment 279045
View attachment 279046
View attachment 279047
View attachment 279048
Causses farmland
View attachment 279049

Wow, what a stunning nature and beautiful pictures.

 

[JoesMum]

Hello Adrien

Nice to meet you Linda, in Uzès you can visit the "SOPTOM Tortues" which is a tortoises/turtles sanctuary owned by the Vice-President of the French Tortoise Federation (FFEPT in french) and a good friend of mine, tell me if you want more details.

Really? We have been coming here for years. How did I not know this?!

Unfortunately we are going home tomorrow, but next year I shall be asking more!

I know Castres and not just for the rugby. My mother is Welsh, so I am a big rugby fan. My husband thinks I should support England, but I was brought up supporting Wales

We spent yesterday in the Causses et Cévennes watching the vultures. Not so very far from you

 

[Bee62]

Yes I was thinking today along those thoughts. I might have the song on karaoke already.

I am looking forward to your singing.

 

[EllieMay]

 

[JoesMum]

Hello Adrien


Really? We have been coming here for years. How did I not know this?!

Unfortunately we are going home tomorrow, but next year I shall be asking more!

I know Castres and not just for the rugby. My mother is Welsh, so I am a big rugby fan. My husband thinks I should support England, but I was brought up supporting Wales

We spent yesterday in the Causses et Cévennes watching the vultures. Not so very far from you

Oh wait. Do you mean the village des Tortues? That’s quite a way from here. The other side of Marseille. We went there many years ago when our children were small.

 

[Bee62]

Lot of activity there!
Can a french guy join the conversation? Sorry in advance for my english level...

Hi and welcome ! We all will be glad to have a french guy in our CDR familiy! Please grab yourself an armadillo and the one legged pirate will serve you a drink. The biggest Armadillo is our coffee table when you prefer coffee. We are friendly people and rommates in the CDr all over the world and talk about all things that happen all over the world. We have a only carrot eating snow leopard living with us and two penguins. When you need a little bit more light because it is very cold and dark here, poke a yellyfish gently with a stick and it will glow in the dark. Don`t step on a hedgehog. It hurts ! Be careful when you see a wool spider ( if she exist ). Sometimes the spider is in a bad mood and knits you woolly underwear you don`t want.
Don`t be shy with your English. We will understand you. No problem.
I am Sabine, called Bee from Germany and I welcome you very warmly.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Good morning Ray! Been praying for you.
Sure miss reading your upbeat posts. How’s Wifey feeling? We are still having 100F days here with heat index of 106F ... Toretto is just sulky)) He wants to go in his house but at 5&6pm it’s still too hot so he goes in the summer burrow... but the nights are too cold.. I’ve been moving him around a lot and he has this grumpy look about him... LOL!

Thanks, Rose is doing ok. She goes in to have injections in her neck soon. The pain is shooting down her left arm. She fractured vertebraes in her neck during the accident. It looks like the pain will be a lifetime battle.
We have been lucky for Aug. Been in the upper 80's.

 

[Bee62]

Thanks all for your warm welcoming!
Let's introduce myself here!
I'm Adrien, 28, I come from Castres in Tarn (we have a good rugby team), married with a Tunisian girl I met when I was expatriated in Tunisia for my last work, living in Toulouse and working in a big aircraft building company...
I'm involved in French organizations for conservation and I was involved in Tunisia on the Testudo graeca nabeulensis conservation center.
Interested in african/madasgarian tortoises/turtles. I had more when I was living in France but had to give the majority to permitte me to go in Tunisia (lived there until September 2018). Then, I only have my Pelusios carinatus at home, Pelusios nanus very soon and Agrionemys horsfieldii in a outdoor enclosure on my parents garden. Hope I'll have some Kinixys erosa on the next year (looking for informations I will create my topic).


Nice to meet you Linda, in Uzès you can visit the "SOPTOM Tortues" which is a tortoises/turtles sanctuary owned by the Vice-President of the French Tortoise Federation (FFEPT in french) and a good friend of mine, tell me if you want more details.

Hello Adrien. Thank you for your introduction. I own 4 sulcata tortoises ( 3 years old ) two Hermann tortoises, two Redfoot tortoises and two Aldabra tortoises ( 2 years old ) and a lot of cats, 4 dogs, 2 sheep and chicken.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Lot of activity there!
Can a french guy join the conversation? Sorry in advance for my english level...

You are more than welcome.

 

[Bee62]

Here are pictures from my young kitty cats. They are so cute and lovely.

 

[Bébert81]

Hello Adrien


Really? We have been coming here for years. How did I not know this?!

Unfortunately we are going home tomorrow, but next year I shall be asking more!

I know Castres and not just for the rugby. My mother is Welsh, so I am a big rugby fan. My husband thinks I should support England, but I was brought up supporting Wales

We spent yesterday in the Causses et Cévennes watching the vultures. Not so very far from you

Sorry I did a mistake, it's not SOPTOM but CEPEC tortues. Here is the link:
www.cepec-tortues.fr

Castres is very lovely city, not only because I come from there!

 

[Bébert81]

Oh wait. Do you mean the village des Tortues? That’s quite a way from here. The other side of Marseille. We went there many years ago when our children were small.

No no sorry I did a mistake, it's CEPEC tortues, I put the link on my other answer...

 

[Chubbs the tegu]

Last time i brought my son fishing.. epic fail lol i tried to send the vid but it wouldnt allow me. Yes thats a duck

View attachment 279093 View attachment 279093 Here are pictures from my young kitty cats. They are so cute and lovely.
View attachment 279088 View attachment 279089 View attachment 279090 View attachment 279091

sooo cute!

 

[JoesMum]

Good afternoon/morning all.
Monday is a bank holiday in the UK so it will be a nice long weekend for most people, and the weather is going to be hot and sunny!

Lola gave me a heart attack last night.
I went to put his lights out but he wasn't in his hide or anywhere in his room.
I thought he had stayed outside so I was out searching in the bushes with a torch for ages and was worried he would get too cold.
Eventually I gave up and came in, then I noticed him in a corner under a dining chair in my kitchen!
He must have sneaked in when I was cleaning his room and forgot to shut the kitchen door.
I was pretty relieved he wasn't out all night.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Joe did that a few times. I spent ages looking for him and then would find him in a corner of the dining room [emoji849]

 

[JoesMum]

Sorry I did a mistake, it's not SOPTOM but CEPEC tortues. Here is the link:
www.cepec-tortues.fr

Castres is very lovely city, not only because I come from there!

Ah, now that is the Gard so definitely closer!

 

[Bébert81]

Ah, now that is the Gard so definitely closer!

Yes, it's in Uzès!

 

[Reptilony]

Hello everyone, im the french guy [emoji16]

Of course a French guy can join.

We are an international bunch of friends and idiots who sometimes talk about tortoises, frequently talk nonsense and are always around to support each other.

Chatters in here come from South Africa, Germany, USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Jordan, Morocco... @Reptilony aka Olivier is French Canadian

So many cultures to learn about We are happy to explain when we don’t understand... even those with English as a common language don’t understand each other sometimes.

I am Linda and from the UK. I am currently on holiday in Uzès in the Gard region of France

 

[Chubbs the tegu]

Idk if my post went through earlier but heres the duck my son caught while we were fishing lol dont worry it wasnt harmed

 

[Bébert81]

Salut @Reptilony!

 

[Reptilony]

Bienvenue dans le turtle club! What kind of tortoise do you have?

Salut @Reptilony!