Grandpa Gonzales is taking no risks, in his old Renault 4, en route for the village.
Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts.
A visit to Bassoues is not complete without having lunch at the famous Restaurant du Centre.
This is not a pipe. A homage to Magritte and his surreal painting "Ceci n'est pas une pipe". This farmer is confronted with what for him is clearly a painting of a béret, even though it says that it isn't. For a man grounded in the practicality of farming, the message is obviously going over his head.
Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts.
In Course Landaise the art is to avoid the cow as it charges and to be as close to the horns as possible. This chap took it to the limit, but the crowd are in for a close encounter themselves!
Occitan musicians gather at the beautiful village at Castera Barbazan for their bi-annual festival
Apples baked on a bed of wafer-thin pastry, generously sprinkled with armagnac. All agree that it is delicious, but is it called a Tourtiere Landaise, or a Croustade Gasconne?
This chubby chappie needs all the help he can get to jump clear of the oncoming cow...
Steeplechase in the vineyards. The wine growers of Saint Mont are an athletic lot!
Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts.
We all know the ‘La vache qui rit’ cheese. But you often see them sorting their rubbish. Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts.
Grandpa Gonzales is taking no risks, in his old Renault 4, en route for the village.
Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts.
