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Monochrome Madness: Sidestep
Posted on October 19, 2024
Sometimes it’s necessary to look from a different angle at something mundane in order to find an interesting image. Last week I posted a very mundane image of the side wall of a multi-story car park. Its one redeeming feature was a partially visible spiral fire-escape.
For Monochrome Madness this week, where the topic is ‘Steps or stairs’, I cropped out all the mundanity and flipped the steps through 90 degrees to produce what I think is a far more arresting photo.
Cellpic Sunday: Rooms with views
Posted on October 13, 2024
We were away last weekend on a (very) special occasion trip. Our destination was the city of La Rochelle, on France’s west coast.
En route, however, we broke our journey in the city of Poitiers, where we stayed overnight in a budget hotel whose chief attraction was its proximity to the railway station. We certainly didn’t choose it for the views:
On the other hand, in La Rochelle we splashed the cash on a suite in a considerably more upmarket establishment, where the views were a signifcant step up from the poor relation in Poitiers.
Thursday Doors: Poitiers (2)
Posted on May 10, 2018
This week, a second (and final – for now, at any rate) instalment of doors from the city of Poitiers.
I didn’t realise until I was putting this post together that all these images contain decorative ironwork of some description. There: a theme.
This first one is all about the ironwork:
And it features quite prominently here too:
Less obvious in these examples but still there if you care to look:
This door has been cut down to size at some point:
Finally, as blue doors always seem to be popular here:
Thursday Doors 10 May 2018
Thursday Doors: Poitiers (1)
Posted on May 3, 2018
The city of Poitiers is just over an hour’s drive north of here and is the administrative centre of the Vienne département. It is an old place – the English army defeated the French here in 1314 (having passed within just a few miles of Tranquility Base on their way up from Bordeaux).
This may explain why there isn’t a huge amount of the original town left. However, there are plenty of solid and worthy 19th century bâtiments in the centre – with, of course, their matching solid and worthy doors.
Such as these:
These two doors are neighbours:
Not all these examples are quite so grand:
And, to finish, a pair:
More from Poitiers next week.
Thursday Doors 3 May 2018
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