PHOTO FRIDAY: OLD CARS - chosen by Mrs Nascar

 (any interesting old cars from rusty scrapheap cars with a bird’s nest under the bonnet, to fabulous vintage or racing cars)

First of all:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS NASCAR!

Entries are liked below – I’ll add the links as the entries come in:

A huge welcome to our new Photo Fridayer: Eiain from My ProZac Cocoon!

Tall Chick Tales

Mrs Nascar

CuriousC

Lou (Lou got the week wrong and did stained glass windows this week – her photo is stunning though!)

Melanie

Cordie

OK, I’m breaking every rule this week! I didn’t have a photo worth showing of any old cars and I’ve been on holiday this week with no time to source any. So, what to do? Well, I decided I’d think outside the box! Cars = wheels, so anything with wheels, so ergo a TANK! And (to make things even worse) I didn’t even take this photo myself (made obvious by the fact that it is me waving from the tank)!

This photo was taken when I was just 29 years old - I was visiting Jackie Pichon who used to own (and maybe still does) the biggest private military museum in France. I was travelling with another friend and when we arrived at Jackie’s Chateau it was very late at night – but like a good host he had waited up for us. The front door was ajar and there were sheets of paper (with huge black arrows drawn on them) laying on the floor and pointing us in the direction we needed to go. There was also the faint sound of a Cello being played in the distance. As we followed the arrows through the corridors of the Chateau the haunting sound of the Cello grew louder and louder – until finally we reached a closed door. We opened the door to find Jackie playing his Cello in front of a welcoming fire and supper laid out on the table, ready for us.

Where does the tank come into this, I can hear you thinking? Well the next day I said I was going into the town to shop and Jackie said “you can use one of my vehicles”. You’ve guessed – it was that tank! I was accompanied by some of his workers and if memory serves me correctly one of his sons. Just as well, since parking that outside a supermarket took skill! Such fun days …

So am I forgiven for breaking the rules with a World War 2 army tank? It is old after all!

Photo Friday Advance Diary:

5th September: Author’s choice – Stained Glass Windows (or doors or panels – from cathedrals, churches or any other type of building)

12th September: Author’s choice – Step Inside (Pics of inside your own home: they can be of favourite corners, or things, or windows, or unusual features or just unusual angles of somehing in your own home)

19th September: CuriousCs choice - Food (a still life, or food growing on the allotment or in the garden, or  at the market, or in a shop, or your fave food on a plate, or any pic of food)

26th September: CuriousCs choice -  Colours (of Autumn)

Fancy choosing a future title for Photo Friday? Just put it in the comments below and I’ll add it to our advanced diary!