Category Photography

I spotted these 2 orange deck chairs while climbing — somewhat illegally but don’t tell anyone — one of the modern buildings erected at the Cité Universitaire in the past two years. A room with a view.

A late 19th-century wash-house in Honfleur in Normandy.  Nice woodwork on the rooftop. Until now, I’d never thought that wash-houses were such an item in France. You can find a list — by no means comprehensive — at Wikimedia.org.

December 2019, scallops season at Honfleur in Normandy with boats from Brittany and Fecamp and other places. And by the way, there really is a scallops season war going on, and possibly with interesting post-Brexit developments.

Trouville – dec 2019

A villa in Paris (not in the rest of the country, mind you) is not “a large and luxurious country house in its own grounds”. It’s something I learnt when I settled down here. Instead, it’s a small, and sometimes…

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike… I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it where I like! Bicycle race isn’t probably Queen’s best song, but as I was a young man…