Everything very sleepy and slow this morning, after the long weekend, or that's how it feels to me. I didn't find an open boulangerie until Parthenay at 11.

Really quiet route this morning, some excellent byways and tracks restricted to residents and cyclists.

At pretty Saint-Loup-sur-Thouet spotted this rose. Not much scent but what colours!

À couple of other sights

Parthenay itself is well known for a big weekly cattle market (not today) and is an attractive ancient town with a medieval centre. 

Unfortunately there's a depressed air, with 2/3rds of the premises vacant. However there's quite a bit of building/refurbishment going on, so perhaps there's a regeneration programme under way?