Tag Archives: nature
Our highest field
The drought and heat of the summer are finally having repercussions on the land here. Apart from a couple of storms, we haven’t really had any rain since the beginning of June. The lack of water means that the grass … Continue reading
Posted in Counting Sheep, Landscapes, Photography
Tagged Alps, farm, Farming, France, Hautes-Alpes, landscapes, nature, outdoors, photography, sheep
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WordPress weekly photo challenge – Near and Far
I took this whilst out hiking in Le Valgaudemar in the French Hautes-Alpes.
Posted in Landscapes, Nature, the Alps
Tagged Alps, France, Hautes-Alpes, hiking, landscape, nature, photography, postaday, travel, vacation, Wordpress weekly photo challenge
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Who’d go hiking in the northern Alps?
As far as tourism in the French Alps goes, the north wins the battle hands down. Everybody goes there. And that suits me just fine. Because unlike the more famous regions in higher parts of the Alps, Le Queyras, hidden in … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes, Photography, the Alps
Tagged Alps, Hautes-Alpes, hiking, landscapes, mountains, nature, photography, Queyras, southern alps, tourism in the french alps, travel, vacation
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Just before the storm
Posted in Counting Sheep, Landscapes, Photography
Tagged Alps, landscape, mountains, nature, photography, sheep, storm
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Sheep by night
The days are already a lot shorter and now when we bring the sheep back down to the barn at 8pm it is almost dusk. It’s very dusty, very hot and the sheep, like us want to get home as … Continue reading
Posted in Counting Sheep, Farming, Photography
Tagged animals, farm, Farming, France, landscapes, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, sheep, the Alps
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Rent a mountain
One of the things I love about hiking is that you never know what you’re going to see. We were expecting this view over Le Lac de Serreponçon, Europe’s second biggest artificiel lake: But we didn’t think we’d find such an enormous flock of … Continue reading
Posted in Counting Sheep, Landscapes, Photography, the Alps
Tagged France, landscapes, nature, photography, sheep, the Alps, Transhumance, travel, vacation
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Five generations of shepherds
Sometimes I bring the sheep back to the barn, but most days I just leave it to the expert. He somehow manages to send the dogs half-way up a mountain and then have them bring the sheep down at a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alps, farm, Farming, nature, photography, sheep, shepherd, the Alps
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