Cat’s Tooth – Aix les Bains
This weird-shaped mountain around Aix les Bains is named Cat’s Tooth for (almost) obvious reasons. Here’s my friend Yves looking towards the mountain as if from behind bars. In actual fact, from a Birdwatchers’ hideaway.
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Day Mark – St Martin’s – Isles of Scilly
St Martin’s Day Mark was built in 1683 as an aid to navigation but as it was painted white, ships tended to run aground even faster. They aimed for the mark thinking it was a lighthouse and sank amidst the…
Tresco – Isles of Scilly
Tresco is probably my favourite island amongst the Isles of Scilly. Especially on a beautiful day like this one. A combination of country and maritime landscapes. Above the country. And the seashore with Cromwell’s castle.
Being A Member Has Its Advantages
And being a cyclist too. I’m reacting to a comment by my friend Heide in one of my previous posts where she pointed out that she wasn’t cut out for cycling in Paris. But cycling in Paris doesn’t mean that…
Beauty and Halloween Gloom In Tresco
Tresco is one of the Isles of Scilly and it’s stunningly beautiful. One of its landmarks is the Abbey Garden, a subtropical garden with species from all over the world (thanks to the very temperate climate of the island). But…
Rosa Bonheur’s Happy Place
A visit to Rosa Bonheur’s Chateau near Fontainebleau. Bonheur’s (literally “happiness”) life wasn’t quite happy to start with. Later on she became a very famous painter. Mostly in the US and the UK. Her biography was written by Anna Klumpke,…
Here’s To Global Warming
Symphony in green. Now that Winter is closing in, it’s time to raise our glasses to 6 months of exceptionally hot weather as was never witnessed in the past 100 years. Here’s to global warming (after all, no one is…
Ship graveyard in Lanester (Brittany)
East of Lorient in Brittany (North of Locmicqelic where the above photo was taken), there is a place in Lanester where fishing boats are rotting in the river Blavet. Derelict piers and layers upon layers of kelp. Old fishing boats.…
Colours of Brittany
Locmiquelic, near Lorient, South Brittany – Mid August 2018
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