I went to the music festival in Gourin on Sunday, the competition for the best pipers in Brittany, but didn't stop for the fest-noz (Breton dance) because it would have taken me over the limit for the drive to Portugal, unfortunately I might have already been a bit over, anyway, I drove off, got to the other side of Naoned (Nantes) when I decided I was too tired to carry on so I pulled over on the side of the periphery, climbed in the back and fell asleep, to be woken by a torch in my face and 3 policemen staring at me who asked me to get out and what was I doing there; they also asked me if I'd been drinking to which I replied in the affirmative, one of them took my keys and drove off in my car, another told me to get in the back of the police car; I waited for the obligatory breathalizer, we carried on down the road, the first driver pulled in, our car stopped behind, at a petrol station, they told me to sleep there for a few hours before attempting to set off again!!
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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