The weir at Chabanais

The River Vienne encounters a weir as it flows through the village of Chabanais.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water

Disused Railway Lines

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…

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Lines

The weir at Chabanais

A clear contrast between calm and turbulent waters at the weir on the River Vienne in Chabanais.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water

Monday Window: Chabanais

The window of one of many abandoned independent shops (this one a butcher’s) in the town of Chabanais.

#MondayWindow 2 November 2020

Signal failure

The trains no longer stop at Chabanais – indeed, the spur line is not used at all – so this array of signalling equipment is redundant.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: anything to do with trains

Disused railway tracks

Disused tracks just outside the old railway station in Chabanais.

(I applied an infra-red filter in order to enhance the impact of the vegetation – a polite way of saying weeds).

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Trains and tracks

‘We value our privacy’

They like to keep themselves to themselves in Chabanais:

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Fences & Gates

Thursday Doors: Chabanais (the gift that keeps on giving)

And still they keep coming….

This church in the centre of town has an imposing doorway, even though the building itself is not – like most churches  – free standing

You don’t see that many doors set into a corner, but here’s one:

A couple of doors with their accompanying shutters; the second looks particularly tired:

Another uncared for example

But to end on a more positive – i.e. better preserved – note:

Thursday Doors 12 December 2019

Thursday Doors: (still) Chabanais

We’re not quite done with the doors of Chabanais just yet.

To begin with, an empty shop premises that unaccountably got overlooked for the specfic post that featured those all too common doors. This must have been the local equivalent of Blockbuster:

Also featuring two doors this week, although with contrasting fortunes:

A couple of examples of doors with their surrounding shutters, the first in rather better nick than the second:

This door too might have once graced a shop, to judge from the window:

And it looks like all this door wants to do is sit in the corner and be left alone:

Thursday Doors 5 December 2019

Thursday Doors: Chabanais – small doors and more

Another instalment of doors from the Charente town of Chabanais. To begin with, a selection of smaller examples, in varying states of preservation:

Next, two doors of broadly similar design but radically different condition

But my clear favourite this week is this repurposed doorway, which now boasts a Limousin sink

Thursday Doors 28 November 2019