France in Focus

Discovering old, abandoned or interesting buildings is always fun and can make great pictures - there are so many in the SudOuest - here are 3 to start us off.

Superb - I can't say I've seen anything quite like that here but that's probably because I haven't looked hard enough ! This forum really does present photos well - and I'm looking at them on a desktop screen !

Thanks Blaze - l agree about the picture quality on the site if only l could find a way of downloading my pictures in a format that l could post them direct without having to resize them - more research needed methinks.

Here are three more buildings - The Watch Tower at Chateau Portets on the banks of the Garonne. An elaborate pigeonnier in Sainte Radegonde and a decaying mill of some kind in Les Landes. l'm fascinated by these remote chimneys.

This amazing old house named 'Triton' in Saint Symphorien has since been repainted in a very dull grey:
The halles in Gontaud de Nogaret are stunning:
This old sawmill fell into disuse and was recently demolished - l am pleased to have photographed it before that happened.

A few more - mainly commercial premises this time

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Magnificent OBR, love your images. Do you use any post filters, some of the skies are dramatic.

Looking at the watchtower I see many in the vinyards around here (Bourgogne), I must stop and get the camera out next time I'm on the Route des Grand Crus.

Agree. Really interesting photos of what I suppose we would call shabby chic buildings - full of character.

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Hi Mysty, do you have any idea what it is? We have something similar in Villandraut
There is no indication what it's use is and it sits in a small public area. This one however is a Public weighing station and with a little research and a lot of help from Madame OBR discovered they are called Bascule Public used for weighing livestock and produce.