Le sport à Paris, hammer thrower. Alternative sports, Paris style.

Le sport à Paris, waiter. Alternative sports, Paris style.

Paris sports. The rings, Paris style.

Le sport à Paris. Hurdles. Alternative sports, Paris style.

BOP! Man against the machine.

Has anyone seen the corkscrew? On reflection, it was quite clear to see.

Has anyone seen the corkscrew? On reflection, it was quite clear to see.

We all know ‘The Laughing cow’ cheese. It’s literally translated from the French brand ‘La vache qui rit’. This cow prefers playing the game of quille, a type of skittles played in SW France.

The plumber's bum. Burnt.

A new use for a confit pot ...

Steeplechase in the vineyards. The wine growers of Saint Mont are an athletic lot! 

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts.

A rude awakening for these walkers taking a nap while walking in the Pyrenean mountains. Available as an A4, A3, A2 print and on canvas.

Demi de melée, scrum half

Demi d'ouverture. French for Fly Half. A half, demi, is also a glass of beer.

Le coque sportif. In French, a boiled egg is an 'oeuf à la coque'.

Heavy artillery as the pigeons fly over. 

This cock is not likely to pull a muscle as he takes a beer and fag while watching his horse come in at the Cafe des Sports.

Out in the field, daddy keeps his animals within an electric fence, so why not at home?

Granny (a rugby fan) shouts "Mark!" when she catches the ball, kicked from the rugby ground.

When the palombes migrate through SW France, hunters climb up to their cabins in the top of the trees. Sometimes the ladders need repairing. This lazy hunter has strung up a trapeze instead and his fellow hunter is not happy!

Got a question about life, mushrooms and the universe? Ask Super Papi. Comes equiped with creaky knees and his own pocket knife.

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. 

When the wood pigeons migrate through SW France, some hunters become obsessed. It is sometimes called the 'Maladie bleue', or the blue sickness, due to the colour of the pigeons. This one has asked his wife to call his work to say that he won't be in for the next few days as he has the 'Maladie bleue'...

These old rugby players have joined up years after their last match together. The old scrum-half feed them the beer as he did the ball, all those years ago.

"When are you going to replace the ladder, you idiot!" Pigeon hunting without a safety net.

"All that Jazz" is a well-known standard, but when we're at Jazz in Marciac, we are surrounded by "All that Gers"...

When the wood pigeons begin their migration, the hunters get the blue fever. There is no known cure.

There is some fowl play going on here ... 

These wild boar use the hunters' lookout to see if the coast is clear.

Three points, right between the posts. This happy, rugby-loving gardener just rounded off a perfect day in the vegetable garden. Available in different print sizes, with or without cream-coloured mounts.

Hunting, shooting and fishing are this Gascon's daily bread.   Shoot first, ask the neighbours for dinner afterwards. His white van, rifle and dog are never far away.

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. 

Two rugby teams in the colours of FC Trie and Castelnau Magnoac. Available in A4 and A3

You don't want to mess with this cockerel.

Les plombiers Landais.  (The plumbers of Les Landes)

Plombiers sounds almost like palombières, which are the huts used to hide while hunting wood pigeons (palombes) in Les Landes.

Picking grapes should be classified as a sport. Available as A4, A3 and A2 prints 

Porc de France. ‘Porc’ is pronounced with a silent c and rhymes with Tour

This mushroom hunter is surprised that he feels rain… It is known that mushrooms often grow beneath the palombières in the trees. When a hunter has to go, he doesn’t waste time or reveal himself to the pigeons. We see grey cranes passing overhead en route for the corn fields.