Beached
Posted on August 5, 2020
At this time of year In Abu Dhabi, it’s way too hot to spend much time on the beach or in the water, so these colourful pedalos find themselves beached for the duration.
Monday Window: Chapel of Chateau de la Riviere
Posted on August 3, 2020
The Chateau de la Riviere which featured last week is not all dereliction by any means. It is currently used as an equine stud farm. It also boasts its own chapel, which features some outstanding stained glass windows.
#MondayWindow 3 August 2020
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 31 Friends and Family
Posted on August 1, 2020
Last weekend was my mother’s 90th birthday. To mark the occasion, we had a little tea party on our terrace for family and a couple of friends.
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 31 Friends and Family
Streetlight
Posted on July 31, 2020
By law, all houses in France are required to have a light over outside doors (the light doesn’t have to be switched on, but that’s another story).
Typically, the lights around here are of traditional design – an old carriage lamp is very popular, for example). However, in Saint-Junien there is at least one street light of more contemporary design.
Signal failure
Posted on July 29, 2020
The trains no longer stop at Chabanais – indeed, the spur line is not used at all – so this array of signalling equipment is redundant.
Monday Window: Chateau de la Riviere
Posted on July 27, 2020
A largely forgotten window in a derelict tower at Chateau de la Riviere, near the town of Pompadour.
Monday Window 27 July 2020
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 30 Exit
Posted on July 26, 2020
This week’s instalment of the Smartphone Challenge is thankfully rather more straightforward than some we’ve seen recently. The theme is ‘Exit’.
So that’ll be a door then. Like this rather tatty specimen in Bellac.
52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 30 Exit
Rear View
Posted on July 25, 2020
Taking the ferry from Circular Quay in Sydney to Manley offers some spectacular views.
And this….
The wide blue yonder
Posted on July 22, 2020
A stunt aeroplane goes through its aerobatic paces at the annual (but not this year, obviously) Estevol air show at Blond.
Monday Window: Nantes Cathedral
Posted on July 20, 2020
Some readers might have heard about the fire that caused severe damage over the weekend to the cathedral in the city of Nantes. I’ve posted a couple of images of the stained glass windows in this enormous edifice in the past and here is another, rather poignant one.
As well as the arched window, this image shows the cathedral’s massive baroque organ, dating back about 400 years. According to reports, the organ was almost entirely destroyed by fire, although fortunatelly the cathedral as a whole did not suffer anything like the damage that befell Notre Dame in Paris.
#MondayWindow 20 July 2020
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