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Looming Menace
Posted on June 12, 2022
It must be said that the monochrome version of this image of a huge pile of hay bales covered in black plastic does have a lot more impact than the colour original.
Ploughing, The Old-Fashioned Way
Posted on April 30, 2022
Cee is looking for something farming-related this week for her Black & White Photo Challenge. This is a close-up of the business end of a very old wooden plough. Just give a thought to how labour-intensive that job must have been.
Fauchage
Posted on April 22, 2022
Two or three times a year the local mairie sends out one of its fleet of tractors to cut the grass and trim the hedges that bound most of the minor roads in the commune – including the one that passes through our little hamlet. This is known as the ‘fauchage’ – not to be confused with ‘chauffage’, whch means heating.
These guys don’t take any prisoners and there’s no room to pass them, so you just have to get out of the way as best you can.
A family lives here…
Posted on April 8, 2022
Splendid isolation
Posted on March 5, 2022
This larger than life statue stands in splendid isolation in the museum of the Vessuna Gallo-Roman archaeological site in Perigueux.
Disused Railway Lines
Posted on February 27, 2022
Possibly the most dreaded three words it is possible for any putative rail traveller to hear or see: ‘Replacement bus service’.
In this instance, the replacement is permanent, as the railway no longer serves the town of Chabanais. Although you can get the very occasional bus from outside the station…
Pointing the finger
Posted on February 18, 2022
This rock formation in St Andrews juts out accusingly into the North Sea.
Brrrr!
Posted on January 29, 2022
It’s been, as they say in northern England, ‘right parky’ for the past week or so, as these Queen Anne’s Lace seed heads testify.
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