A TASTE FOR THE COUNTRY........
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- DuncaninFrance
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A TASTE FOR THE COUNTRY........
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.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... 422web.jpg[/pic]
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.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... Y--web.jpg[/pic]
A thoughtful start me thinks
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.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... 422web.jpg[/pic]
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.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... Y--web.jpg[/pic]
A thoughtful start me thinks
Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
- DuncaninFrance
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The Hôtel Dieu, Beaune, Burgundy.
Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
- DuncaninFrance
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STEAM ENTHUSIASTS AT GUITRES, GIRONDE.
Taken last month on one of the 'Steam' days. They run every Sunday over a 17km track to raise money for restoration work.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... ba0d05.jpg[/pic]
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..
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... c20cd3.jpg[/pic]
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... ba0d05.jpg[/pic]
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..
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... c20cd3.jpg[/pic]
Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
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A mono image taken on the beach at the Bassin d'Arcachone which gives a feel of the heat I think......
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... af810a.jpg[/pic]
And an old French village from Medieval times (no the van is 21st C!!) - Brancion in the Saône Valley
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... fecb57.jpg[/pic]
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... af810a.jpg[/pic]
And an old French village from Medieval times (no the van is 21st C!!) - Brancion in the Saône Valley
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... fecb57.jpg[/pic]
Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
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You got a good eye Duncan
Good eye for photography, Duncan. Show us some more.
- DuncaninFrance
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THANK YOU GENTLEMEN
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.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... c16823.jpg[/pic]
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.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... c16823.jpg[/pic]
Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
- DuncaninFrance
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Here are another 2 to cover the week I am away!
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... Pierre.jpg[/pic]
A market trader in Rochefort
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... -NIMES.jpg[/pic]
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!
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... Pierre.jpg[/pic]
A market trader in Rochefort
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/ ... -NIMES.jpg[/pic]
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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Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.