Category:photography
Bollards bollards everywhere
Our streets are teeming with bollards. Not so long ago we went to Pau in the South-West of France. As I was taking pictures...
Cherry blossoms in Spring and Autumn
Cherry blossoms in spring don’t come as a surprise. Cherry blossoms in autumn are a very different kettle of fish, or flowers for that...
Val-de-Grâce: a Saving Grace
The Val-de-Grâce church is much of a saving grace in a neighbourhood which suffered in the hands of ruthless brutalist architects from the 1970s. Val-de-Grâce...
Northern Doorways Around Boulogne
Northern Doorways aren’t grand, they often lead to modest houses in working class areas where unemployment is high and income is low. I lived in...
Z for Zorro en route to Blois Chambord
Some time ago we took the train, a grey train with an orange Z, a Z for Zorro. Even if it wasn’t lightning fast,...
Le Touquet Paris Plage in Winter
Last December, the wife and I went to the seaside at Le Touquet Paris Plage. You can tell it’s “Paris Plage” because of the huge Eiffel...
The last tourist in Paris
There’s one thing about Covid-19, if nothing else, it makes you feel like you’re the last tourist in Paris. For a while we’ve seen...
Port Royal Abbey in Paris
Port Royal is a not just an abbey, nor a mere piece of 17th century architecture, it’s a window on History. On the history...
Sketch of Port Royal Abbey in Paris
In Paris, near the RER station of Port Royal, you can find the remains of the eponymous abbey, well hidden within the Cochin hospital...
Autumn leaves in Aix les Bains
Autumn leaves is a recurring theme, and now is the right period for this kind of pictures. Here’s a series of shots taken on October...
