At around -10C a light dusting of ice and snow covers anything set down for too long…
Posts Tagged ‘France’
Sideways Snow
01 Apr 2010 | Chamonix, France, Mountains, Skiing | 1 Comment »
This is what I encountered at the top of the Grand Montet high up above Argentiere in the French Alps today; sideways snow. It stings if you hang around too long (like trying to take pictures!) so had to be quick then move off the col onto the slopes below, where we enjoyed some of the nicest light, waist deep powder snow. This was the second of three runs from here, each one brilliant though visibility came and went, sometimes down to just a few meters…oh and it looks misty in the image above but here’s a close-up view clipped from the top corner; (more…)
Memories…
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…
Battleground
06 Dec 2008 | France, History | No comments added... »
Salt water
05 Dec 2008 | Abstract, Architectural, France, History | No comments added... »
A light dusting…
04 Dec 2008 | France, Mountains, Plant-life, Travel | No comments added... »
Ice and Bubbles
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. (more…)
High Life…
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. (more…)
High Altitude Antics
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;
