Pointe de Créac´h, Ile d ‘ Ouessant, Brittany

Pointe de créac h, ile d ‘ Ouessant, Brittany, France. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Seascape

Evening Light, Ile D´Ouessant

Phare de Nividic, Ile D´Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany, France. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Evening Light

A few days later the storm, heralded by those cirrus clouds, hit the west coast of France. Fortunately by this time we had already left the island.

To the Lighthouse

Phare de Nividic, Pointe de Pern, Ile D´Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany, France. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Phare de Nividic, Pointe de Pern, Ile D´Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany, France. 

I´ve just returned from a wonderful trip to Brittany, France. During which I spent a week on the island of Ouessant or, as it is mentioned on the BBC shipping forecast, Ushant. The Bay of Biscay is well known for it´s treacherous weather and this island certainly has a very tricky coast for shipping! It can be reached by a roughly 2 hour ferry trip from Brest.

Notre-Dame de Paris, France

Notre-Dame der Paris, France copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

The Bells

River Seine, Paris, France

The Seine, Paris, France. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

The Seine

Paris, France

Paris. copyright charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

The charm of a place

Poligny, France

Hotel de Paris, Poligny, France. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Hotel de Paris

Solutré Pouilly, Bergundy, France

Solutré Pouilly, Bergundy, France. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

The myth has it that prehistoric man drove wild horses and reindeer from the summit. But the archeological proof shows they didn´t.

Late Evening, Pointe du Raz, South Finistère, Brittany, France

Pointe du Raz, South Finistère, Brittany, Bretagne
copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

This is the nautical radio communications centre at Pointe du Raz. It was another big coastal sky but this time coupled with a howling gale blowing in from the Atlantic. A scene both breathtaking in the visual as well as physical sense!

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Leaden Sky, Penmarch, South Finistère, Brittany, France

Penmarch, South Finistère, Brittany, France
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Some of the most interesting landscapes, or in this seascape, are, at first look, the most gloomy. The remains of the concrete pier are, I have to admit, pretty ugly, the sky is one of those “is it going to pour down?” skies, but non the less, the place has a certain gravity – it fascinated me more than if it had had a blue sky and nice fluffy sheepy clouds. But there again, I do tend towards a certain gloom in my photography.

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