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| Cheeky Gargoyle |
He's on the roof of the Gendarmerie on the mont at Mont St Michel. Far left in the picture below.
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| Mont St Michel |
There were lots of gargoyles in Normandy, many exhibiting distinctly fierce characterstics. These were on the Palais de Justice in Rouen:
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| Palais de Justice Rouen And these appeared to be guarding the Cathedral at Bayeux: |
The Cathedral at Rouen had so many appendages it was impossible to capture them all:
Last of all I can't omit this chap, who although not a gargoyle was doing a good job representing all ponies pressed into service on the traditional pressoirs of Normandy. I'm sure they got there share of apples too after mushing them up for cidre/calvados production. The mill is planted up with flowers now, but someone had decided to create an homage to the tradition.
Holidays do seem like a distant memory once you get back in to the swing of things at home again. You're right about that first gargoyle, he does look like a cheeky chappy. I see you visited Lindisfarne recently, I did too, we holidayed in Northumberland this year. I wrote about it on my Through The Keyhole blog and I've still got a few posts about Northumberland to come.
ReplyDeleteI expect you enjoyed the food and drink in Normandy too - they produce some very good stuff (especially cheese)!
ReplyDeleteBless you thanks for the mention. My husband is starting quite a collection of gargoyles & unfortunately there will be more to come. I like the cheeky chappy one in your first photo x
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