A TASTE FOR THE COUNTRY........

The country that avoids war and the country that fights but has a hard time winning have been combined. The Swiss made some excellent firearms and the French made some unique and occasionally inspiring ones. We have added the Belgian and Dutch since they are neighbors.

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A TASTE FOR THE COUNTRY........

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:26 pm

It struck me that as I actually LIVE in France some of you may be interested in a series of photographs that I have taken over the years that we have lived here. We left England on the 1st June 2002 and moved into our present house here in the Gironde on the 1st October 2002.

These images are not of French weapons but of France itself. I shall post images regularly and will be happy to answer any questions that you may have about them.

The first is from the vines on the other side of the fence to our garden.

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It has a feeling of the Somme about it with the wire and the vine looking almost like a picket itself.

The second is actually taken in the garden where we are starting to seed a bare patch of ground.

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A thoughtful start me thinks :roll:
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The Hôtel Dieu, Beaune, Burgundy.

Post by DuncaninFrance » Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:26 am

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STEAM ENTHUSIASTS AT GUITRES, GIRONDE.

Post by DuncaninFrance » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:35 am

Taken last month on one of the 'Steam' days. They run every Sunday over a 17km track to raise money for restoration work.

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Problem is that they are struggling with more to restore than they can hope to cope with so some pieces just sit on sidings and decay..

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:11 pm

A mono image taken on the beach at the Bassin d'Arcachone which gives a feel of the heat I think......

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And an old French village from Medieval times (no the van is 21st C!!) - Brancion in the Saône Valley

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Post by Woftam » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:05 pm

Keep it up Duncan, I'm enjoying this.
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Post by Aughnanure » Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:17 pm

Yea ! More.! !
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You got a good eye Duncan

Post by Niner » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:04 am

Good eye for photography, Duncan. Show us some more.
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THANK YOU GENTLEMEN

Post by DuncaninFrance » Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:54 am

I shoot better with a camera than I do with a rifle!!

I think 2 a week is enough not to flood the site! I will keep them coming.

Just this one today.

13C Stained Glass in the Church of the Virgin (Notre-Dame) Dijon.

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Post by DuncaninFrance » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:33 pm

Here are another 2 to cover the week I am away!

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A market trader in Rochefort

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A reminder of the terrible price some French paid during the occupation.

These two were Guillotined in public in Nimes on the order of the Vichy Government who were in the service of the Nazis. They were only 21!
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Post by BOLOMK1 » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:01 pm

Thank you,Duncan.

In what town is the memorial plaque?

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