Daisy and the Poppies in Normandie

When it comes to planning things often fall into place. It was a no brainer to ask Daisy to join me on a trip to France even though we had only met once. I knew she was ideal as a model but I also knew she would be very sociable. As soon as she confirmed (which was all of 5 seconds). It was deciding which weekend to book. It had to be a weekend when there was a Trotting Racing Meeting at the local Hippodrome.

Setting off to drive to Portsmouth for the Ferry picking up Daisy on the way it was park the car and embark to sail to Cherbourg where Andy would pick us up. Andy is a former sub-mariner who lives in a defunct farm building which is being transformed into spacious Gites.

No peace for the wicked we had a short break and it was off to the poppy field which Andy had scouted a few days before. The weather was glorious and the images super. Once finished it was off to Oncle Scott's for something to eat and homeward to Graignes for a few cold beers on the terrace on the longest day of the year.

 

Normandie With Sapphire Day Three

 

Day Three and the pain of my back and sciatica was really starting to hamper everything. Our first destination of the day was the historic city of Bayeux. It's Cathedral dominates the streets. As with many historic buildings renovation was taking place. We wandered the outside to find views where railings did not spoil the imagery. One periphery building had huge photos posted across windows of scenes from World War Two. With a quick break for lunch and a beer our next backdrop was a narrow street for portraiture and dance jumps. The French public were not the best to work around with the dance images. They wanted to be in the images and get their phones out to get their own photos with total disregard for what I was doing. Eventually we finished and went for a quick tour inside the Cathedral. Collapsing into the car it was off to Surville Beach. This was to prove the most difficult part of the day. A herniated disc and soft sand to walk on are not recommended. With evening light on dunes and beach I got some pleasing results. Exhausting day in the roasting heat I was done.