Moulin de Bléré - star of la Poste

Tents@le Moulin des Aigremonts set up for the day

You would have thought that mid-June would be warmer and more pleasant than this! Sadly the big day for Bléré's mill when it featured on a new set of French postage stamps turned out to be grey and dreary.  Nor was there allegedly enough wind to turn the sails, although to this untutored person there did appear to be quite a lot of wind available especially later in the day. I guess it all depends upon how urgently you need flour!

Ready to turn but not enough wind!

Inside the tent: exhibition of the watercolours of the mills

La Poste inside the tent

Moulin des Aigremonts: opening hours

Stamp of authority for Bléré's restored windmill

The windmill@Bléré during its restoration

 

Bléré's recently restored windmill (Moulin des Aigremonts) is one of six in France to be chosen to feature in a new range of postage stamps to be launched on 15th June. The new stamps will be available at the Moulin on 15th from 9.30-18.00. It will be possible to visit the moulin (2€) and if the wind allows the sails will turn to grind flour.