L'Eglise de Saint Pierre de Liens, Martignac, Lot.

I mentioned this nearby village church in my yesterday's posting, and, as I probably won't return to Martignac for some time, I've half-inched a few pictures from the web, to give you a taster. I hope they give some idea of the past (and present) splendour of this exquisite small 13th C church.

Most of the interior is covered in medieval paintings; some in full colour, others in simple black and white. As one would expect, they illustrate what evils will befall you if you're anything like Cro, and what pleasures you can expect if you're NOT!

In both the top and middle pictures you will see carefully positioned flowers in glass vases. Every time I've visited this church, there's been a ragbag of dusty plastic flowers in old baked bean tins; even for this tiny hamlet of about 50 (max) inhabitants, one would have expected at least one person to devote some time to decent flowers (France has no WI).

France is a secular country, so all marriages are performed by the Mayor of your village, town, or city (you can only have a 'blessing' in a church). But wouldn't this have made a spectacular setting for a big-hat wedding!