07 Dec 2008 | B&W, France, History, Macro | No comments added... »
Rather than a lengthy description of each image I shall summarise; these are all items picked up from around the Somme region of France following the First World War. Cases and cases of helmets, bayonets, badges and other rusting artefacts found in the fields from, most likely, fallen soldiers. In one instance a map outlined the journey of one soldier from England, across the channel, south through France, up into the north of the Somme where he was killed…
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06 Dec 2008 | France, History | No comments added... »
Stopped off at the
Newfoundland Memorial at Beaumont-Hamel in the Somme region of France, infamous for the tragic loss of life of many thousands in the First World War. This image shows the preserved battle field on which the 29th Division, containing the Newfoundlanders (then still part of Great Britain), fought the German opposition.
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05 Dec 2008 | Abstract, Architectural, France, History | No comments added... »
On my return to the UK I stopped off, in the pouring rain, at
Arc-et-Senans, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, no less! Designed by
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04 Dec 2008 | France, Mountains, Plant-life, Travel | No comments added... »
Just a brief entry today [back-dating to when it was shot], it snowed overnight replenishing the covering around the valley. Its almost Christmas-y!
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03 Dec 2008 | Abstract, B&W, France, Macro | No comments added... »
Its not all massive landscapes and snow drifts out here, the low temperatures transform everything.
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01 Dec 2008 | France, Landscape, Mountains, Travel | No comments added... »
I’m out in the Alps at the foot of Mt Blanc for a few days chilling and enjoying my (massive!) surroundings.
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03 Sep 2008 | France, Mountains, Wildlife | 1 Comment »
Take two young male ibex (locally know as bouquetin, or steinbock in German speaking parts of the alps) and get them to size each other up;
Stir it up a little bit and start a fight! Bearing in mind this is ~2600m up a mountain, and on fairly loose shale in places. Getting shoved about is probably the last thing you’d ever want to do but there’s just no pleasing some.
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04 Oct 2007 | B&W, France, Humour, Weddings | 2 Comments »
Groom gets phone out of pocket to check messages, you know; congratulations from absent friends that sort of thing, perhaps…(football scores I’ve been informed…)
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03 Oct 2007 | B&W, France, Weddings | No comments added... »
Just a quick post to say I’m getting through the wedding photos pretty well at the moment since returning from holiday – which is a good thing! So here’s a brief taster of things to come…
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