A nicely-maintained chateau in Brittany

Back en Bretagne!? Nice place.

great footage!

Depp Posted at 8-25 10:29
Back en Bretagne!? Nice place.

One of the last flights I did before we came back to England Depp,  It's been in the can for months waiting to be edited

MM Pilot Posted at 8-25 10:58
great footage!

Thank you. Flight was back in March of this year.

Very regal estate. Nice capture!

NeonOrange Posted at 8-25 13:55
Very regal estate. Nice capture!

Thank you. France has many such estates, some of which are well-maintained, but many others lie in ruins.

That was beautiful. I thought I recognized Eric Matyas' music!

Tentoes Posted at 8-25 15:09
That was beautiful. I thought I recognized Eric Matyas' music!

Hi there TT. Yes Eric is the go-to guy for backing accompaniment, isn't he   That's a flight from some months ago that I've just got around to editing.

What a beautiful house.  Errm. Chateu I mean.

DAFlys Posted at 8-25 23:39
What a beautiful house.  Errm. Chateu I mean.

They are rather self-aggrandising aren't they. Many of the Chateaux in France are no more than Manor Houses (Manoir) or Domaines.  Nice places though.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-25 23:53
They are rather self-aggrandising aren't they. Many of the Chateaux in France are no more than Manor Houses (Manoir) or Domaines.  Nice places though.

By the looks of it,  that one comes with a Gardner too.

DAFlys Posted at 8-26 00:03
By the looks of it,  that one comes with a Gardner too.

Well, his tractor is in evidence on one of the flyovers, but he's nowhere to be seen. Mind you, it was lunchtime !

No arguing there! A beautiful place and the gardener does a great job.

One of my pet foibles is to play with words:

Wonder at the origin of the word chateau   - chatte being a cat and eua being water - cat water perchance?
I know of a place here in the karoo named hondewater  (dog water)

Beautiful footage Blériot.    What a majestic estate.  Great choice in background music.  

Droffarc Posted at 8-26 01:35
No arguing there! A beautiful place and the gardener does a great job.

One of my pet foibles is to play with words:

It does look the business from a distance. The word chateau ( or Château; to give the correct French spelling ) has no connection to cats or water of which I'm aware. The circumflex over a letter usually denotes the omission of an S after that letter (in old French) which would make it Chasteau (castle).
Now you might observe that in modern French - chasse d'eau is a toilet cistern (Tirez la chasse = pull the chain/flush the loo) Or there are many Châteaux d'eau (water towers) in France used to give a header pressure of water to serve the dwellings on the lower slopes. Not to be confused with the Château d'ô  ) a real castle surrounded by  a lake, in the Orne in northern France:  

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-26 03:41
Beautiful footage Blériot.    What a majestic estate.  Great choice in background music.

Thanks RDB !  Yes Eric has a great collection of  music clips, doesn't he

Blériot53 Posted at 8-26 07:56
It does look the business from a distance. The word chateau ( or Château; to give the correct French spelling ) has no connection to cats or water of which I'm aware. The circumflex over a letter usually denotes the omission of an S after that letter (in old French) which would make it Chasteau (castle).
Now you might observe that in modern French - chasse d'eau is a toilet cistern (Tirez la chasse = pull the chain/flush the loo) Or there are many Châteaux d'eau (water towers) in France used to give a header pressure of water to serve the dwellings on the lower slopes. Not to be confused with the Château d'ô  ) a real castle surrounded by  a lake, in the Orne in northern France:

That is all very interesting, thanks.
What I know about French is about limited to Nege in la parc - snowing in the park.
What little French I have came from the French movies I watched - and the books (translated to English) of Marcel Pagnol.
But I love to play with words....

Hola Blériot, I enjoyed this, thanks for sharing

Blériot53 Posted at 8-26 00:08
Well, his tractor is in evidence on one of the flyovers, but he's nowhere to be seen. Mind you, it was lunchtime !

Thats 11 till 3 isnt it?

Cacike47 Posted at 8-26 16:35
Hola Blériot, I enjoyed this, thanks for sharing

Thank you

DAFlys Posted at 8-26 23:19
Thats 11 till 3 isnt it?

Just about

Blériot53 Posted at 8-27 00:00
Just about

Probably 11 till 4 is they could get away with it.

DAFlys Posted at 8-27 00:04
Probably 11 till 4 is they could get away with it.

It has been known But they do work until 7 pm.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-27 01:13
It has been known  But they do work until 7 pm.

Probably explains why Ive struggled to find a restaurant open at 7:30pm.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-26 07:58
Thanks RDB !  Yes Eric has a great collection of  music clips, doesn't he

My pleasure Blériot.    Indeed Eric has a huge collection of music to use.

Looks good.
Nice to see some drone video again

Montfrooij Posted at 9-1 09:59
Looks good.
Nice to see some drone video again

Hi Monty, thanks. I have a few flights in the can, brought back from France when we moved back in April. I'm working through them slowly as time permits

Blériot53 Posted at 9-1 10:58
Hi Monty, thanks. I have a few flights in the can, brought back from France when we moved back in April. I'm working through them slowly as time permits

You're welcome.
Time.....
Valuable asset.

Montfrooij Posted at 9-1 11:02
You're welcome.
Time.....
Valuable asset.

Slips through your fingers like running water

Blériot53 Posted at 9-1 12:20
Slips through your fingers like running water

Exactly.
Hence my absence lately!

Montfrooij Posted at 9-1 22:02
Exactly.
Hence my absence lately!

The older you get, the faster it runs ( I speak from the experience of my August years - and here we are in September already )

magnifique

Blériot53 Posted at 9-1 22:39
The older you get, the faster it runs ( I speak from the experience of my August years - and here we are in September already  )

I totally get you!

djiuser_xTHzwfCvEDEp Posted at 9-1 23:00
magnifique

Merci bien

Amazing footage Capt Blériot! Thanks for sharing!

QQRUCH Posted at 9-5 10:41
Amazing footage Capt Blériot! Thanks for sharing!

Hi there QQ !  Thanks. And great to hear from you. Hope all is well for you?

Great
Nice place

ckat007 Posted at 9-5 19:15
Great
Nice place

Hi ckat, thanks. Another one from our time in France   Everything OK up there?

That's super, the music perfectly accompanies your filming too...