Restoring the 18th-Century French Château de Gudanes in Summer
Photo by Karina Waters1/19Gudanes is a château dating from the time of Louis XIV, nestled among the mountains of the Aston Valley in the French Pyrenees. It overlooks the village of Château-Verdun and a fast-flowing river where the sound of the torrent merges, day and night.
Photo by Karina Waters2/19Wildernesses of wildflowers grow within the rectangle terraces, which the Château looks down on. Rather than attempt to tame and order, we simply sowed more wildflower seeds in early spring.
Photo by Karina Waters3/19The Château surrounded in flowers and mist.
Photo by Karina Waters4/19Summer barbecue nights on the front terrace.
Photo by Karina Waters5/19Over the past few months a bathroom area has been installed on the ground level, in the same place where the French government installed a communal bathroom in the 1970s when the Château was used as a school holiday camp facility. Naturally, an old zinc bath filled with Château flowers has now found its way there.
