Postcards from the Road

Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Postcard from an Ashtray

Proof, if ever it was needed, that eating apples may not as good for you as once thought.

Fontenoy-le-Chateau

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Postcard from an armory

Outside the ammunition shop, Bastille.

Paris

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Postcard from somewhere that feels vaguely like home.

Somewhere in North Queensland.

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Postcard from a Level Crossing

Cane Tram returning for another load.
North Queensland

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Postcard from a Bamboo Grove

Paronella Park
Queensland

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Postcard from a Hotel Barge

Hotel Barge

Vandenesse-en-Auxois

Burgundy

France

Postcard from a yellow car

Yellow Car

St-Jean-de-Losne

Burgundy

France

Postcard from a Peniche

Old barge reflecting impossibly on the Saone.

St-Jean-de-Losne

Burgundy

France

Postcard from an old blue polytarp.

Truly, after one season the blue polytarp will just fall to bits. St-Jean-de-Losne Burgundy France © postcards from the road

Postcard from a barge under repair

How much is that doily in the window?

St-Jean-de-Losne

Burgundy

France

Postcard from a Boatyard

Soon to be good as new. St-Jean-de-Losne Burgundy France © postcards from the road

Postcard from a Boatyard

Just needs a clean.

St-Jean-de-Losne

Burgundy

France

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Postcard from St-Jean-de-Losne

Ships passing, but not in the night.

St-Jean-de-Losne

Burgundy

France

Postcard from the Dinner Table

View from the dinner table at Ecluse 34

Canal de Bourgogne

BurgundyFrancehttp://www.la34s.fr

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Postcard from a Lock

I am not sure why it is that every time I find a bicycle in France it matches the decor of the building it is leaning against.

Canal de Bourgogne

BurgundyFrance

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Same Lock, Different Postcard

A fine range of local wines is available at Ecluse 34, as well as help should one fall in.
Canal de Bourgogne
Burgundy
France

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Postcard from an ecluse.

Ecluse 34
Canal de Bourgogne
Burgundy
France

http://www.la34s.fr

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Sunset over Notre Dame

Because I told Babooshka I wouldn't.

Notre Dame

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Sitting in the Centre Pompidou surrounded by Picasso, I smiled and wondered if it was the cartoonists of my youth who were sending him up, or if it was he.

Centre Pompidou
Paris

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Postcard from a pair of windows

Nanteuil-sur-Marne
France

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Postcard from a Restaurant

Nanteuil-sur-Marne
France

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Postcard from a School

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Postcard from a fishing shack

Marne River
Champagne

France

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New Day, same 2CV

Demange-aux-Eaux
France
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Postcard from a spring morning

Another postcard from Demange-aux-Eaux
France

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Unimaginative Grafitto

"Hey Francois, let's go and tag the wall of the old Lavoir eh?"

"duh..."

Note to file - if you are going to become a famous graf artist, I suggest you learn to spell your initials before you set out!

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Postcard from Demange-aux-Eaux

Another day another yellow 2CV. Citroen fancier Demange-aux-Eaux France © postcards from the road

Ecluse Gates

Waiting for the ecluse to fill.

Frouard

Meurthe-et-Moselle
France

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Postcard from Frouard

Houses

Frouard

Meurthe-et-Moselle
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Postcard from last Easter

Sometimes decorations remain for so long, that it's hard to work out whether they are just early for next year or not. Five seconds of sunlight on the Alsace Wine Road. © postcards from the road

Mirror on the Wine Road
- Alsace

I Love these mirrors.

Because they reflect in one direction only, they give a snapshot of what it was that almost hit you! Graphiclly, they just sort of melt into their surrounds, not the least bit more obvious because of their striped frame.

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Flair

Some people can simply drop a bunch of flowers into a vase and the result is always fantastic. They are also the sorts of people who can ruffle their hair instead of styling it, they wear no cosmetics, and when they go to town, they simply throw their bike at the nearest colour co-ordinated wall.

Obernai

Alsace
France

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Postcard from Obernai

Postcard from Beaune

Postcard from a Cruise.

Hi Mum, guess what?

They've given me an upgrade to a room with a porthole!

View from Silhouette
Chalon-sur-Saone
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Specs

Bayswater Bus Stop

Postcard from London

Boxes
Toul

Factory
Nancy

The TV crew looked puzzled as I aimed my camera at the abandoned factory.

The reporter asked me what I had seen.

Just an old building.

Nancy.
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Mr Dumand's Motorbike

Tractor

We always get a giggle out of seeing monster tractors driving through the towns and villages, so it's only fair we should find one in the wild.

Lagarde

France
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Autumn Hues

I shall have to remember to return in Summer to see if the drapes are changed to match the leaves when they return to the vine.

Lagarde

France
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Dandylions

I think I'd paint my shutters blue too.

Lagarde

France

Spring Planters

Maggie's House

Forest Drums

This is not quite what it looks like, the drums have been employed all winter supporting boats on dry land, and now that the spring is upon us, the boats are in the water and the drums stacked in the thicket where they will quickly be covered in undergrowth until next autumn.

A quite nifty storage solution really.

Lagarde

France.

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Postcard from Home

Something to remind us that wherever we are in the world, home isn't too shabby either. Sunrise over Twoway Creek, Dicky Beach or is it Moffat Beach? I think the creek marks the divide.

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