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  <title>Thomas Parisot</title>
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  <subtitle>Photography series about *travels* and *human experience*.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.993Z</updated>
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  <author>
    <name>Thomas Parisot</name>
    <email>hi@thom4.net</email>
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  <entry>
    <title>Vallée de la Drôme</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2019/vallee-de-la-drome/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2019/vallee-de-la-drome/</id>
    <published>2019-04-30T22:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.993Z</updated>
    
    
    <summary type="html">An ongoing series about my new surroundings. It&#39;s not my desk view, but almost.</summary>
    
    
    <content src="https://thom4.net/photography/2019/vallee-de-la-drome/0012.jpg" type="image"/>
    
    
    <category term="Turf" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/turf/"/>
    
    <category term="France" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/turf/france/"/>
    
    
    <category term="photography" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/photography/"/>
    
    <category term="hiking" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/hiking/"/>
    
    <category term="nature" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/nature/"/>
    
    
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Vercors méridional</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/vercors-meridional/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2018/vercors-meridional/</id>
    <published>2018-11-15T23:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.989Z</updated>
    
    
    
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    <category term="France" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/turf/france/"/>
    
    
    <category term="photography" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/photography/"/>
    
    <category term="hiking" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/hiking/"/>
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Ouessant</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/ouessant/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2018/ouessant/</id>
    <published>2018-07-30T22:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.981Z</updated>
    
    
    <summary type="html">The westernmost island of France&#39;s mainland, wild and tumultuous.
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    <content src="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/ouessant/03460001.jpg" type="image"/>
    
    
    <category term="Travels" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/"/>
    
    <category term="France" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/france/"/>
    
    
    <category term="photography" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/photography/"/>
    
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/ouessant/03460001.jpg" title="" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/ouessant/03460007.jpg" title="Two of the main elements of the island are represented on this picture." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/ouessant/03460009.jpg" title="" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/ouessant/03460011.jpg" title="A usual viewpoint when you hit the shore of Ussant. Which means, pretty often." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/ouessant/16500011.jpg" title="It will take you a solid ten kilometers to walk around the entire island.If you are lucky enough, you will spot some sealions swimming freely." />
    
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Printemps d&#39;InPACT</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/printemps-inpact/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2018/printemps-inpact/</id>
    <published>2018-05-15T22:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.985Z</updated>
    
    
    <summary type="html">J&#39;ai été bénévole pendant 5 jours dans ce festival organisé par le collectif InPACT (Initiatives Pour une Agriculture Citoyenne et Territoriale), pour une réorientation radicale de notre modèle alimentaire et agricole.

L&#39;occasion aussi de croiser &lt;a href=&quot;https://elsif.fr/&quot;&gt;Yannick&lt;/a&gt;, en dehors du travail, dans les champs.
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    <category term="Volunteering" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/volunteering/"/>
    
    
    <category term="photography" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/photography/"/>
    
    <category term="agriculture" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/agriculture/"/>
    
    <category term="organic" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/organic/"/>
    
    <category term="sustainable farming" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/sustainable-farming/"/>
    
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/printemps-inpact/50990003.jpg" title="Construction des toilettes sèches." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/printemps-inpact/50990004.jpg" title="Deuxième point journalier. Le groupe se répartit les tâches. Le festival ouvre dans l&#39;après-midi." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/printemps-inpact/50990002.jpg" title="Sièges-botte-de-paille, poubelles avec tri sélectif, toilettes sèches, pissotières et chapiteaux pour les conférences et animations." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/printemps-inpact/50990005.jpg" title="Un repos bien mérité entre deux plages de travail bénévole." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/printemps-inpact/50990001.jpg" title="&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kerenez.com/?page_id=15&quot;&gt;Elsa Bernot&lt;/a&gt; (Les Dépavé·es) cuit des centaines de pain dans son four mobile. Les pains sont vendus à prix libre. Toute sa production a été vendue." />
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Isle of Portland</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/isle-of-portland/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2018/isle-of-portland/</id>
    <published>2018-02-28T23:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.981Z</updated>
    
    
    <summary type="html">A curiosity spotted on Google Maps.
I did not know we would discover an open air quarry and a huge shingle formation.
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    <category term="Travels" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/"/>
    
    <category term="England" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/england/"/>
    
    
    <category term="photography" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/photography/"/>
    
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/isle-of-portland/06890009.jpg" title="" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/isle-of-portland/06890010.jpg" title="" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/isle-of-portland/06890011.jpg" title="Outside a quirky footpath, we uncover a breathtaking view of Chesil Beach.One of the largest shingle beach in the UK. A good thirty kilometres long!" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/isle-of-portland/06890012.jpg" title="The tip of the island. And a ~~curiosity~~ tourism magnet,as are most of British lighthouses." />
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Swanage</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/swanage/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2018/swanage/</id>
    <published>2018-02-28T23:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.985Z</updated>
    
    
    <summary type="html">A small town surrounded by an outstanding beauty.</summary>
    
    
    <content src="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/swanage/06890004.jpg" type="image"/>
    
    
    <category term="Travels" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/"/>
    
    <category term="England" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/england/"/>
    
    
    <category term="photography" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/photography/"/>
    
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/swanage/06880009.jpg" title="In case the message was not very clear." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/swanage/06880011.jpg" title="First walk. First sunset. First wow." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/swanage/06890004.jpg" title="" />
    
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Hunstanton</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/hunstanton/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2018/hunstanton/</id>
    <published>2018-01-31T23:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.977Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The very beginning of the North Norfolk Area of Outstanding Beauty.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;The very beginning of the North Norfolk Area of Outstanding Beauty.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <content src="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/hunstanton/92880010.jpg" type="image"/>
    
    
    <category term="Travels" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/"/>
    
    <category term="England" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/england/"/>
    
    
    <category term="photography" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/photography/"/>
    
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/hunstanton/92880010.jpg" title="I&#39;m always greateful to be able to witness such forms of beautyin natural environments." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/hunstanton/92880012.jpg" title="One would never say no to an ice cream at noon, even in February." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/hunstanton/92880008.jpg" title="These two are always up for a walk.Even when &quot;just a quick one&quot; turns into half a day in the outdoors." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/hunstanton/06880001.jpg" title="" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/hunstanton/06880003.jpg" title="Making our way through the grazing fields." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/hunstanton/06880002.jpg" title="A sea of holiday resort bungalows waiting for their next holiday tenants." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2018/hunstanton/06880005.jpg" title="An advertisement for Kings Lynn circus. Or a telephone booth. Or both." />
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Le Croisic</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/le-croisic/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2017/le-croisic/</id>
    <published>2017-11-30T23:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.957Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>When it’s about New Year’s Eve, the quieter, the better.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;When it’s about New Year’s Eve, the quieter, the better.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <content src="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/le-croisic/92880002.jpg" type="image"/>
    
    
    <category term="Travels" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/"/>
    
    <category term="France" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/france/"/>
    
    
    <category term="photography" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/photography/"/>
    
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/le-croisic/92880002.jpg" title="This moment felt like an animated painting." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/le-croisic/72120012.jpg" title="Sourcing organic local products." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/le-croisic/92880005.jpg" title="" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/le-croisic/92880004.jpg" title="Not included on the picture: strong and continous guts of wind." />
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Les Angles</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/les-angles/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2017/les-angles/</id>
    <published>2017-10-31T23:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.957Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>A week out in the French Pyrénées to reflect on our work practices with<br>other agile practitioners.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;A week out in the French Pyrénées to reflect on our work practices with&lt;br&gt;
other agile practitioners.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <category term="Travels" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/"/>
    
    <category term="France" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/france/"/>
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/les-angles/64290002.jpg" title="A &quot;warm&quot; welcome with the first snow of the almost-winter." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/les-angles/64290003.jpg" title="" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/les-angles/64290004.jpg" title="A total change of scenery as soon as the snow started to melt." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/les-angles/64290008.jpg" title="" />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/les-angles/64290006.jpg" title="Seeds have been planted all over the week.Months later, the learnings and thoughts were still growing fromthe week of workshops and conversations." />
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Prague</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/prague/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2017/prague/</id>
    <published>2017-08-31T22:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.965Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I made to Prague from London via France and Germany, by train then bus.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I made to Prague from London via France and Germany, by train then bus.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <content src="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/prague/28590011.jpg" type="image"/>
    
    
    <category term="Travels" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/"/>
    
    <category term="Czech Republic" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/czech-republic/"/>
    
    
    <category term="photography" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/photography/"/>
    
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/prague/28590006.jpg" title="My daily view when I walked out of my accomodation." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/prague/28590009.jpg" title="" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/prague/28590010.jpg" title="" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/prague/34220011.jpg" title="I stayed there for a while, observing how people choose their products.I could see many similarities with how people buy their food on Frenchand British open markets." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/prague/34220012.jpg" title="Between a maternity, a psychiatric hospital and the botanical garden." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/prague/28590003.jpg" title="" />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/prague/28590002.jpg" title="I loved walking outdoors, roaming in the old city, quirky streets andpalaces to then uncover some gems of greenery." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/prague/28590011.jpg" title="Ultimately, the green corridor led to this upside view of Prague.At last, something different from the usual postcard views." />
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Peak District</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/peak-district/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2017/peak-district/</id>
    <published>2017-08-26T22:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.961Z</updated>
    
    
    <summary type="html">I was both craving to pitch my tent and to discover more England greenery.
So I booked a one-way ticket to Edale to then decide where would I go next: North? South? Dark Peak, here I come!
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    <category term="Travels" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/"/>
    
    <category term="England" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/england/"/>
    
    
    <category term="photography" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/photography/"/>
    
    <category term="hiking" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/hiking/"/>
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/peak-district/15030001.jpg" title="I have had the pleasure to experience again the buccolic english countryside, as I used to do when my parents brought us around during summer holidays." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/peak-district/15030006.jpg" title="" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/peak-district/15030008.jpg" title="" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/peak-district/34220001.jpg" title="Second day out. It was funny to discover other people on the trail so early in the morning, as they also camped overnight in the area, in great silence." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/peak-district/34220007.jpg" title="Third day out. I feel I&#39;d be happy to go back home now. Tired and replenished." />
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Dungeness</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/dungeness/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2017/dungeness/</id>
    <published>2017-04-09T22:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.953Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The largest shingle beach in England decorated with two lighthouses and a nuclear power station.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;The largest shingle beach in England decorated with two lighthouses and a nuclear power station.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>Rye</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/rye/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2017/rye/</id>
    <published>2017-04-08T22:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.969Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>A quaint and tiny village among the five medieval ports in Kent and East Sussex.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;A quaint and tiny village among the five medieval ports in Kent and East Sussex.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Algeria</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2017/algeria/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2017/algeria/</id>
    <published>2017-03-17T23:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.949Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I take the time to discover a segment of the North African shore and to enjoy barbecue in a National Park.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I take the time to discover a segment of the North African shore and to enjoy barbecue in a National Park.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Venice</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/venice/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2016/venice/</id>
    <published>2016-12-31T23:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.969Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>First trip in Italy. First holidays together. And a second New Year’s Eve spent by the water — this time not quite as quiet.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;First trip in Italy. First holidays together. And a second New Year’s Eve spent by the water — this time not quite as quiet.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <category term="Italy" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/categories/travels/italy/"/>
    
    
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    <category term="italy" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/italy/"/>
    
    <category term="venice" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/venice/"/>
    
    <category term="laguna" scheme="https://thom4.net/photography/tags/laguna/"/>
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/venice/89140009.jpg" title="My first encounter with the venitian lights. They are so warm in winter…I remember this sentiment of peace as we walk, randomly, in the nearly empty streets." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/venice/89140010.jpg" title="Everything looks _so_ beautiful right now. We bump onto a cohort of  tourists only at the end of our first afternoon — they have not disappeared after all.The sunset strokes our eyes with a long and powerful pyrotechnic show. Although there is still a long wait to go before getting to see the new year&#39;s eve fireworks." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/venice/89170001.jpg" title="A _good_ and _slow_ start for the new year.I feel blessed again by the _warmth of sunrises and sunsets_. It gives an even deeper intensity to the turquoise colour of the canals." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/venice/89170009.jpg" title="Finally _one odd thing_ in such a quaint city." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/venice/89150001.jpg" title="You would not fit more than a couple people in this tiny coffee place." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/venice/undefined" title="One might want to hop onto nearby islands to discover different ambiances, and different landscapes.On our list: Murano, Burano, Torcello and San Lazzaro." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/venice/89150003.jpg" title="The journey to Burano is the most beautiful one with its ample empty spaces. I would almost forget we are only a few kilometers from the mainland, on a thin layer of water." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/venice/89150006.jpg" title="Torcello is sitting on the horizon, seven minutes away by waterbus.I loved the wilderness of the island and the disproportionate magnificence of its basilica and church. Rustic but well executed." />
    
    
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  <entry>
    <title>One day in Calais</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/</id>
    <published>2016-11-15T22:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.917Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I felt it became necessary to go beyond the <em>mass media</em> depiction of the Calais refugees camp. So my friend <a href="https://basilesimon.fr">Basile</a> and I packed our bags and booked a carpooling.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I felt it became necessary to go beyond the &lt;em&gt;mass media&lt;/em&gt; depiction of the Calais refugees camp. So my friend &lt;a href=&quot;https://basi</summary>
      
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/CNV00009-LR.jpg" title="A few minutes after 7am, Friday 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; October 2016.We are excited to cross the Channel to reach out our native country. Although we _do not know what to expect_ when we arrive at the camps." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/CNV00005-LR.jpg" title="We randomly discover that our ferry is *actually* heading to Dunkirk instead of Calais.We decide to **change our plans** and to _follow_ Jamie to the Dunkirk refugees camp. We would then go to Calais tomorrow, with some more experience, knowledge and outlook." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/CNV00003-LR.jpg" title="Someone asks for our passports at the entrance of the camp. They are eager to know which NGO we work for. Jamies knows. We follow.In a few meters, we are going to become the *strangers*." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/CNV00020-LR.jpg" title="Children were having so much fun it was difficult to hear each other.Kids were super proud to show their toys and to say _bonjour_ to us. Receiving a response increased the size of the smile on their face." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/CNV00021-LR.jpg" title="A year ago, there was nothing except dirt at this very precise location.Now, the school is a central point of socialisation for kids and parents. It is a key element for a future integration in a _normal life_." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/2016-10-21%2005.50.09.jpg" title="Refugees and volunteers cook hand in hand, with music playing out loud.Refugees hated the food until some of them — who used to be chefs in Iraq — offered their help to cook and to match people&#39;s habits. It has been a _huge success_.I feel good to have helped prepare the salad for dinner." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/CNV00013-LR.jpg" title="The biggest danger for volunteers is to burn themselves in the process, working too much, thinking about it too much.They are responsible for the well-being of the camp inhabitants, and very few people take care of them.I want to say a **big thank you** to them, for all the work, passion and efforts brought into something which looks like an endless battle._You certainly changed_ the life of a bunch." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/undefined" title="It is dusk, and time to make our way to Calais. We hitchhike and get a ride with a lorry driver. We get to know a different opinion about the camp, the refugees and the violent incidents reported by journalists in the news. He mostly _understands_ and just want his lorry not to be damaged.We are soon due to arrive. Calais is wrapped in darkness, delimited by a corridor of white fences and the blue flashes of police cars rotating beacons. We can clearly feel the _tension_." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/CNV00034-LR.jpg" title="The _jungle_ is about to be demolished in a few days. The entire place feels empty on this Saturday morning.Nonetheless, I feel this rainbow to be providential, showing up over two churches: one of concrete, one of faith." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/calais/CNV00025-LR.jpg" title="These people were so happy to say _bonjour_ to us.They probably felt being close to the end of their journey. They would soon be able to reach the UK — a place depicted as _the_ location to go to start a new life." />
    
    
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  <entry>
    <title>San Francisco</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/</id>
    <published>2016-08-03T16:09:37.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.945Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I loved <em>San Francisco</em> and it has been a big surprise to me: it is like London by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean">Pacific</a>, more hilly and  enjoyable by foot, bike or bus.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;I loved &lt;em&gt;San Francisco&lt;/em&gt; and it has been a big surprise to me: it is like London by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paci</summary>
      
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02340006.jpg" title="My first day in San Francisco was spent outside of it, in the *Sonoma Valley*: reuniting with old friends and parking our rusty bones for a dinner by the water.I would then discover *San Fran*, by crossing the Golden Gate Bridge by night and by not seeing anything but its lights." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02340003.jpg" title="I see lines everywhere, and signs. Way more astringent than in United Kingdom. *Behave*." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02400012.jpg" title="Reading and writing a few notes. Are the other readers fellows from the city or are they tourists as well?" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02400015.jpg" title="When was the last time you waited on the pavement for 10 good minutes? People look at you with a bit of curiosity. Nobody waits on a crossing isle for good lighting conditions." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02400019.jpg" title="The grid system is at work." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02400023.jpg" title="I remember tourists taking selfies in front of the cathedral while I was turning my back to them, to snap another kind of edifice." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02400001.jpg" title="They even aligned the *Sutro Tower* with the main road." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02400009.jpg" title="It is strange seeing people waiting indeed. Unless they are playing to Pokémon GO…" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02400006.jpg" title="The relaxing details of a flat horizon…" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02330027.jpg" title="This photography prevents you to endure the strong wind with your entire body." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02330029.jpg" title="This viewpoint reminds me a scene from [Planet of the Apes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes)." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02330022.jpg" title="What I do not know is less than a mile away, the coastal path is sunny enough to be sunburnt." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02330021.jpg" title="Symbols." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/san-francisco/02330017.jpg" title="As soon as you reach the top of Berkeley Hills, a whole new landscape awaits: dry grass, (artificial) lakes and no urbanity at all.Behind me, the landscape is crippled with buildings, piped together with bridges." />
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Oregon</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/</id>
    <published>2016-07-21T16:09:37.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.941Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>A region balanced between the moist of the <em>Pacific</em> and the dryness of the desert… not to mention the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_Range">Cascades</a> and its volcanic chain as well as its <em>hip</em> city, Portland!</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;A region balanced between the moist of the &lt;em&gt;Pacific&lt;/em&gt; and the dryness of the desert… not to mention the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikiped</summary>
      
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/02360013.jpg" title="My first contact ever with the Pacific Ocean.Raw, wild and windy." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/02360005.jpg" title="A few kilometres on the trail later, there is nobody else around anymore.I can only hear the wind and start shivering a bit in spite of my jumper." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/undefined" title="I stay a few days in **Portland** then fly out **to Denver (Colorado)** to visit a couple of friends before eventually returning to Portland.I start shaping my journey to reach **Crater Lake**: I thought of **combining bus and hitchhiking** but my Airbnb host was so generous in good spot recommendations I felt I would miss something.A cheaply *rented car* later, I leave the town of Bend to drive by the [Cascades Lakes Scenic Byway](http://traveloregon.com/trip-ideas/scenic-byways/cascades-lakes-scenic-byway/)." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/02350013.jpg" title="Spectacular. It is definitely the feeling I get when my feet first reach the edge of the North rim.The West rim is closed because of a [forest fire](http://wildfiretoday.com/2016/08/03/bybee-creek-fire-burns-up-to-crater-lake/) so I will have to circle around it by the East rim." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/02350022.jpg" title="There is nobody at the top of Mount Scoot at 8am.Winds are quite strong and the view slightly covered by mist on the East side." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/02350023.jpg" title="It is worth hiking to the top of Mount Scott to benefit from a wide and clear view of the lake.The fire is *not yet* contained but we can hardly notice it anymore." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/02350008.jpg" title="The sun rises above the tip of the pine trees right for 8am.In the meantime, I enjoy a warm bath in a very minimal skinsuit in spite of the fresh temperature." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/02340032.jpg" title="I leave Oregon tomorrow but I have been recommended to visit the little town of Mitchell.The road reveals a very dry landscape: a pale cream limestone sandy soil scarcely topped with green trees." />
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/02340024.jpg" title="Not to mention the curious shelter itself." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/02340020.jpg" title="Rounded, layery and curvy.Behind, a gradient of blue sky ending in dark and stormy cloudy chasing the sunsetting sun." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/oregon/02340011.jpg" title="I have rarely seen such a breadth of impressive landscapes, **wild and majestic**, on the very edge of the main road.Before making my way back and sleep on a church parking lot, I remind myself to uncap one of these delicious hopped beverage from [Deschutes Brewery](https://www.deschutesbrewery.com/)." />
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Crossness</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/crossness/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2016/crossness/</id>
    <published>2016-04-09T22:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.929Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossness_Pumping_Station">Crossness pumping station</a> is a jewel of Victorian architecture. It will take you <em>half the duration of a Eurostar journey</em> to reach it by public transportations.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossness_Pumping_Station&quot;&gt;Crossness pumping station&lt;/a&gt; is a jewel of Victorian architecture. It </summary>
      
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/crossness/CNV00013.jpg" title="Someone used to sit here all day — and maybe all night too." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/crossness/CNV00011.jpg" title="The metallic floor rumbles as the beam endlessly swings up and down.Only to remember this beauty used to pump our wee, poop and other waste we prefer not to think about." />
    
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  <entry>
    <title>Estonia</title>
    <link href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/"/>
    <id>https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/</id>
    <published>2016-03-15T23:00:00.000Z</published>
    <updated>2024-11-09T10:05:01.929Z</updated>
    
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>A friend of mine recommended me Estonia for its hiking trails. I thought it would be nice to spend my 33<sup>rd</sup> birthday in a tent pitched in the forest.</p>]]></content>
    
    
      
      
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;A friend of mine recommended me Estonia for its hiking trails. I thought it would be nice to spend my 33&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; birthday in a tent </summary>
      
    
    
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    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00024.jpg" title="I notice three things as I arrive in Tallinn:- chimney towers;- snow is prevalent;- the light is sublime." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00017.jpg" title="People are proud of their country. They fought hard to remove signs and symbols of the communist occupancy.Even the snow is proud of Estonia." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00013.jpg" title="Playgrounds are everywhere." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00005.jpg" title="Small isles of shops are also everywhere." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00002.jpg" title="Chimneys are the new skyscrapers." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00031.jpg" title="[One hundred years of *Suletud*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude)." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00028.jpg" title="A cemetery in a forest. Accompanied with snow blasts and burts of sunlight." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00004.jpg" title="First day out of town. I had to read an information panel to learn I am walking on sand dunes. The cold temperature make them hard as stone." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00001.jpg" title="A few minutes after the snow stops falling, a sunny spell highlights this small hamlet." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00023.jpg" title="The hail shower quickly moves away to reveal this former soviet submarine base." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00018.jpg" title="The day I observed swans bathing in ponds formed by frozen sea water.I still have 5 kilometres to go to catch a bus before dusk takes over." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00117.jpg" title="I missed the bus because I misread the timetable. I have to wait 40 minutes more before the next one.These blokes drank beer this entire time, thirsty as if they were coming back from a desert of some sort.The bus driver will drop me in the forest by night. I forgot my gloves on the bus and still have to pitch my tent in the dark." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00016.jpg" title="It is so cold it took me 30 minutes to fold my tent.People don&#39;t camp by these temperatures, nor their hike on long distances either." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00010.jpg" title="Everything is white and cold. My brain stops thinking at some point.Or it keeps banging around the same ideas over and over." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00008.jpg" title="It is nearly noon and I have already walked 19 kilometres in the snow.The city looks empty, and I can only hear echoes of cars gliding on the tarmac." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00007.jpg" title="Temperatures are gowing to dive below -8°C tonight so I decide to stop the outdoor adventure and go to Tartu instead.The next train is in 30 minutes, then in _4 hours_. Sadly for me, I was waiting on the wrong platform: 30 seconds to board is not enough! I will have to go back to Tallinn to then be able to go to Tartu.PS: I love the logo of their [railway company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eesti_Raudtee)!" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00305.jpg" title="I love the wooden architecture of Estonian houses. Or maybe it is about the combination of decay and soft colours." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00302.jpg" title="Outdoor playgrounds are fun only with vivid and bright colours!" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00301.jpg" title="Today I do not want to walk but I can&#39;t stop enjoying the various gems of architecture, and colours, and the light…" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00319.jpg" title="As if a picture was worth a thousand words." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00320.jpg" title="The only covered market I found during my trip. Supermarkets largely took over." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00418.jpg" title="Three kilometres to go before arriving to my shelter: a small house by the lake with a fireplace. I will treat myself with noodles." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00423.jpg" title="I do not know if they purposely chose the same paint colour as the sky." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00422.jpg" title="The only source of sound are the crows, nesting nearby.Well, almost: the thick layer of ice covering the 270km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; lake profoundly squeaks as it plows under its own weight.Like a whale in deep sea." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00420.jpg" title="&gt; Happy 33&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; birthday Tom!Thank you my lovely 😊" />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00517.jpg" title="This moment made me think of the [Clifton suspension bridge](http://www.cliftonbridge.org.uk/) in Bristol.I wish you were there." />
    
    
    <link rel="enclosure" type="image/jpg" href="https://thom4.net/photography/2016/estonia/CNV00516.jpg" title="Walls are a democratic way of expression if you think about it.Colours, again and again." />
    
    
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