Le plaquiste Toulousain

Sports in Gascony. Basketball

Sports in Gascony. The High jump.

Sports in Gascony. Fly fishing.

Sports in Gascony. The 200 metres.

Playing corkscrew darts down in the wine cellar

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.

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'.

Someone is enjoying his games of boules more than he should.

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.

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!

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'...

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.

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

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

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

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

The plumber's bum. Burnt.

The youngest generation wants to help crush the grapes.

A series of playing cards with a Gascon theme. Here, the suit Clubs has been replaced by grapes. 

The Queen plucks the fruit of the summer, ready to make wine.

A series of playing cards with a Gascon theme. Here, the suit Clubs has been replaced by grapes. 

A series of playing cards with a Gascon theme. Here, the suit Clubs has been replaced by grapes. 

The King of the vineyards prunes his vines before winter

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.

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

Dancing her way back from the market.

Quille de neuf, or Quille d'un oeuf ?

Quille is a skittle game played in South West France, very similar to those played in the UK. The nine 'quilles' can be knocked down in different formations to win different points. These ducks have created their own version. I hope the egg is hard boiled!

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.

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.

This chubby chappie needs all the help he can get to jump clear of the oncoming cow...