by Kiff Backhouse | Jul 10, 2015 | Photo Blog
A lovely summers evening and our local farmers market decided to serve speciality dishes to eat there … including whole fried/baked camembert, home produced Gaspaccio and deep fried ravioli stuffed with tomato and Mozzarella – oh yum!...
by Kiff Backhouse | Aug 6, 2014 | Aug 2014, One Per Day, Photo Blog
The ancient cité of Minerve is built on a natural lump of rock that lies in the V of the convergence of two rivers. Over the millennia the rivers have cut deep gorges into the limestone leaving a column of rock on which the town was built. A narrow causeway was the...
by Kiff Backhouse | Aug 1, 2014 | One Per Day, Photo Blog
This is my last post from my trip to the villages of Brassac and Monestiés in the Tarn region of the South of France. Continuing from yesterday, we are passing through the village gate, into the heart of the Medieval part of the village. I think I read that the house...
by Kiff Backhouse | Mar 29, 2012 | Photo Blog
This beautiful golden light is every reason to get out of bed early in the morning at this time of year. Whilst the air is still fresh (and sunrise is not TOO early) views such as this are within a few seconds or minutes walk of my front-door.
by Kiff Backhouse | Aug 18, 2011 | Photo Blog
The deck chair beckons. With dappled sunlight of the olive grove and a gentle breeze, it invites me to relax and read the paper … to allow my eyes to absorb the view of the village nestling in the hills. Alas, such peaceful indulgence will have to wait a while....
