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Wednesday 26 August 2020

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.















Tuesday 7 July 2020

Normandie With Sapphire Day Two

















Day Two was searingly hot from the start of the day. It was tough trying to sort locations due to my lack of mobility but we managed and headed for the North Coast of the Peninsula. Glorious stone outcrops were the first stop where Sapphire could express her dance background to the limit again. The almost cloudless sky reflected in the sea. Next were the World War II German casements, long since abandoned and graffiti'd, where an urban feel became evident. Third stop was at a huge lighthouse where the nearby shallow pools beckoned Sapphire to enter the water.