Introduction

31 years of a pub/bar in Brittany gone up in smoke opening the door to a photographic expedition of Brittany. Here we have mementoes of a socio-cultural icon, plus a taste of my life pre-Brittany, the continuation of a bridge between BreizhBrittany & Cymru/Wales, a Brythonic link, with Kernow/Cornwall in the middle that goes back continuously for more than 1600 years. The pub/bar is rising out of the ashes, but in the meantime I have opportunities to go out visiting, observing and capturing pieces of Breton heritage. You can see here in diaporama/slideshow form: religious establishments, mainly chapels, interesting because they encompass both history & art; waterways & bridges, mainly rivers, but also streams and a long arterial canal built by Napoleon Boneparte with its ingenious linking of the rivers with each in succession handing on the baton in, running all the way from Nantes to Brest; each chapel had its holy well some of which are marvels to behold, some have disappeared and others need half a day to be discovered hidden among the weeds and thorns; the many megalithic standing stones in their different forms; wells that are only now being blocked up; each hamlet had its communal bread-oven and communal pool for the washing of clothes, only the ovens are on their way back; last and definitely not least, the calvaires, some most intricately sculpted, that proliferate throughout the land. If you would like more information contact me by e-mail: bynwalters@libertysurf.fr/

Byn's Highways & Byways, Breizh/Llydaw/Bretagne/Brittany

Byn's Highways & Byways, Breizh (2)

Byn's Highways & Byways, Breizh (3)

Byn's Highways & Byways, Breizh (4)

Byn's Highways & Byways, Breizh (5)

Byn's Highways & Byways, Breizh (6)

Byn's Highways & Byways, Breizh (7)

Byn's Highways & Byways, Breizh (8)

Byn's Highways & Byways, Breizh (9)

Byn's Highways & Byways, Breizh (10)

Byn's Highways & Byways (11) Breizh

Byn's Highways & Byways, Cymru/Bro Gembre/Wales

Byn's Highways & Byways, The Algarve, Portugal

Tavarn Ty Elise

Tavarn Ty Elise 2

Tavarn Ty Elise 3

Pub Mementos

Jean-Claude Dreyfus, & Merzhin au bar Ty Elise

Music & Dance

Music & Dance (2)

Plouie/Plouye

An Uhelgoad/Le Huelgoat

Berrien

Brest

Briec

Cleguerec

Dinan

Daoulas

Le Faouet

Felger/Foujerr/Fougeres

Ar Folgoad/Le Folgoet

Glomel

Gouarec

Gwerliskin/Guerlesquin

Gwitreg/Vitré

Josilin/Josselin

Karaez (Ker-Ahes)/Carhaix-Plouguer

Kastellin/Chateaulin

Kemper/Quimper

Kemperle/Quimperle

Landelo/Landeleau

Landerne(au

Langoelan

Lanrivain

Locmaria-Berrien

Locronan

Loqueffret

Malguenac

Montroulez/Morlaix et ses environs

An Oriant/Lorient

Pempont (B)/Penpont (G)/Paimpont (F)

Pleiben/Pleyben

Plestin les Greves

Plonevez ar/du Faou

Plougrescant

Plouigneau

Plounevezel

Pondi/Pontivy

Rostrenn/Rostrenen

Saint Méen le Grand

Distinctive Buildings (secular)

Distinctive Buildings (secular 2)

Fontaines Sacrées/Holy Wells, Oratoires & Natural Springs/Sources

Rivers, Streams & Canals

Megalithic

Calvaires

Statues, Statuettes, Sculptures, Carvings & Figurines

Stained Glass

Religious Buildings and artefacts (exterior)

Religious (Exterior) 2

Religious Buildings & Artefacts (exterior) 3

Chapels, Churches, etc. (Interior)

Natural ( & cultivated) History

Natural (& cultivated) History (2)

Paysage/Landscape/Skyline

Weirs, Locks, Bridges & Tunnels

Wells

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Sunday 29 July 2012

Fe Gerddaf Ymlaen


Can't go to Uhelgoat today with my photos, not having protection from the rain, sold 6 in 2 days, stayed in bed, not a good sign. 29 months unemployed there's always a risk of depression, but as I'm constantly working on my photos there's not much risk of that. The big problem is the lack of money that sometimes prevents me from filling up my tank with petrol and taking to the road with my camera.
    This year after having not gone out socially for two years I've decided that a pint or two now & again can do me good, then wake up the following day feeling guilty that the money could have been better spent, notwithstanding, I'm going to make a special effort to spend 3 days in Pontardawe for their now famous festival, I was there in 1979, this will definitely do me good, but I will undoubtedly wake up on the monday with a heavy conscience.
        In september it will be my chance to be the Samaritan, I've had a call from Cymru/Wales to assist a girl in distress in the Algarve who's re-opening a bar but has no money; could I help out for 3 weeks; food, lodge & expenses paid, such as petrol to get down there, no wages, but a beach & good weather, I'm not 21 anymore, I'm 61 (in 5 days). I only came to Plouye for 2 weeks, so is destiny calling? My pub re-opening has been put back once more.
     Before I woke up this morning I dreamt I was at a Cymdeithas yr Iaith festival, back in the old atmosphere meeting old friends, I was local organizer (cysylltwr) for the Merthyr area in I think 1977. In my dream I was writing out posters for my own festival in either Plouye or Merthyr; in Merthyr I used to organize functions for Plaid Cymru, and in Plouye I had the big pub hog roast every August. As I mentioned the other day I also, off my own bat, organized the first Welsh language rock concert in Merthyr at Rhydycar, Merthyr with Injaroc. Depression comes from circumstances suffocating you, taking away your belief that you have a reason to live, I still have many things on the horizon to look forward to, and it's been a while now since I've been sitting here stemming the tears, with no food in the fridge & no money in my pocket. Fe Gerddaf ymlaen.

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