France was lookin' good as we progressed up from Mont Blanc to Zeebrugge. All the trees in bloom or in leaf, with wonderful shades of green all around. As the landscape changed, the farming changed - from the peaceful dairy cattle in the alps to giant fields of oilseed rape and wheat in the flatlands of the Champagne region - we are always surprised how little space is given over to Champagne's most famous product.
After a night in a small hotel in Sezanne, we proceeded to Zeebrugge for the ferry on Tuesday evening. Temperatures dropping spectacularly - 25 degrees as we left Italy, then 15 in north France, then a bit less than that in Hull ...
Coming up the Humber estuary, we caught sight of the Grimsby docks water tower - built in 1852, but basically a copy of the Torre del Mangia on the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, built in 1340. We saw it in Siena just a few weeks ago. A strange reminder in Yorkshire of renaissance Tuscany ...
Coming up the Humber estuary, we caught sight of the Grimsby docks water tower - built in 1852, but basically a copy of the Torre del Mangia on the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, built in 1340. We saw it in Siena just a few weeks ago. A strange reminder in Yorkshire of renaissance Tuscany ...
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| Last of the sun on the mountain opposite |
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| And a full moon shines over Mont Blanc now almost released from cloud |
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| Morning view of the village from the balcony |
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| Barbara outside La Croix d'Or in Sezanne |
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| From the car - wheat and rape in champagne country |
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| Heavy-duty manoeuvres at P&O Zeebrugge |
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| The cranes of Zeebrugge recede as the sun prepares to set |
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| Grimsby Dock tower - I was just too slow with the camera, so this is not my photo |
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