This is a canal bridge built by Gustave Eiffel over the Loire River in Briare that is used for pleasure boats today. We cycled across it 4 times on Sunday! The second photo was taken at one end. Il s’agit d’un pont canal construit par Gustave Eiffel sur la Loire à Briare, quelques kilomètres de …
Category Archives: Bridges
Blue River – Loire bleue
Pont Gabriel on a Winter’s Day – Pont Gabriel un jour d’hiver
We left home for our daily constitutional yesterday just as the sun disappeared and finished as it came out again. Nous avons quitté la maison hier pour notre marche quotidienne juste au moment où le soleil a disparu ; lorsqu’on est remonté dans la voiture il est revenu.
Sandbanks at Dusk – Bancs de sable au crépuscule
If you look closely in the middle of the sandbank, you’ll see a little red sign saying that people are not allowed to go there because it’s a bird reserve. I’m sure these banks are much bigger than last year. Gabriel Bridge (Blois) is on the right with the neighbourhood called Vienne on the left. …
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Sun on the Bridge – Soleil sur le pont
When there is sun at the moment you need to snap it quickly. Everyone is complaining about the rain! Lorsqu’il y a du soleil en ce moment il faut vite en profiter. Tout le monde se plaint de la pluie.
Linking East & West – Passerelle entre est et ouest
I’m embarrassed to say that although the footbridge to take pedestrians and cyclists over the railway lines in Blois, thus linking up the east and west of the city, was inaugurated in June 2015, I only seen the helicoidal ramp next to the train station. We came upon this wall recently and I realised it must …
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A Good Imitation – Une belle imitation
Spot the imitations – we saw this walking up the hill behind Chaumont. Trouvez les imitations – nous avons vu cet ensemble en montant la colline derrière Chaumont.
Sunset over Blois – Coucher de soleil sur Blois
I hesitated to take a photo of the sunset over Blois with my iPhone as we drove back from the forest near Chambord today but fortunately Jean Michel insisted. J’ai hésité à prendre une photo du coucher de soleil sur Blois avec mon iPhone au retour de la forêt à côté de Chambord aujourd’hui mais …
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Postcard from Paris – Canal Saint Martin
The Canal Saint Martin is not an area I know well and we really enjoyed discovering it. We walked along it from Hôpital Saint Louis down to the market at Bastille then rode Velib’ (city) bikes back (with our baguette and oysters) to our starting point. Je ne connais pas bien le quartier du Canal …
CDP Theme Day – Abandoned
As soon as I saw City Daily Photo’s theme this month, I thought of a recent photo I posted of an abandoned rail bridge just outside Blois after it was bombed by the allied forces in 1944. In the first photo, you see the part of the bridge that is still standing. Above,you can see …