We didn't hesitate long when our lovely hosts asked us to stay an extra day, particularly as Daniel had the day off PLUS we could share their new passion: borderstone spotting on the French/Spanish border.
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| About to set off on our adventures, in the car park at Ibardin, just inside Spain |
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| A cromlech (an ancient stone circle)... |
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| ...and another |
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| Your faithful blogger, Daniel & Nicole: intrepid explorers! |
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| And here we are, a borderstone. Nicole would tell you instantly what number it was! |
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| One of us in France, the other in Spain. Can't remember which! |
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| This one is clearly No. 9 |
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| Although not the best of weather we still enjoyed amazing hazy views over the Western Pyrenees |
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| A mushroom peeping through the snow |
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| Two horses enjoying a mutual scratch |
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| Come on, Nicole, au secours!!! |
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| Back to Ibardin for lunch. Tine chose a wonderful plate of serrano ham & chips... |
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| ...and we all chose rosé wine! |
Merci, les copains, pour un excellent séjour and thank you for sharing your photos, Nicole.
Anyone interested in the borderstones? I discovered this fascinating website
http://www.grpdesbf.nl/index.html
6 comments:
Sur la photo 5, il s'agit évidemment de la borne 8, on la voit presque sous le même angle sur mon site flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/48078594@N06/8391114499/in/set-72157632153712938, avec les montagnes (trois couronnes) plus nettes en arrière-plan.
Photo 11 : érythrone dent-de-chien, mon premier en 2013 ! Comment dit-on en anglais ?
As ever, my reliant reader has named the borderstone in photo 5 as No. 8, and the flower in photo 11 as Erythronium, commonly known as dog's-tooth violet. Follow her link to some amazing photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48078594@N06/8391114499/in/set-72157632153712938
Petit complément d'information puisqu'apparemment mon identité google n'est pas reconnue, sur la photo 6 c'est Tine qui est en Espagne, on voit très bien près de son coude la frontière qui passe sur la face supérieure de la borne. On notera au passage que l'arrière-plan du sujet britannique est constitué par les Trois Couronnes d'Espagne (aussi appelées Penas de Haya). God save the Queen ! (The King, devrais-je écrire, s'agissant de l'Espagne).
The old Shreddies must have kicked in, all that mountain trekking.
That ham looks delish, I could really go for that right now!!
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