MooN Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Crap weather today, 16 c only and huge cold front moving north and west across the country. It cleared a little in the afternoon so I went for a ride, thermal liner in my jacket and winter gloves on. By the time I got home (around 18:30) i could have done with the liner inmy trousers too and had had the heated grips on for half an hour. Soon as the sun goes, th temps drop fastnow and autumn is apon us. Whilst driving to a job yesterday I passed this place and decided to come back and have a look, today was perfect timing. About an hour south east from home, on the N151 between varzy and La Charité sur Loire there is a cllection of metal sculptures on the roadside and a small workshop called " L'atelier des Afranchies" ( the workshop of free men, or Free man's forge) Julian who's place it is is young, not 30 I'd guess and full of zeal and slightly naive ideas and ideals about anticapitalism ( he probably hugs trees and knits his own wholemeal yoghurt in his spare time...) but is open and freindly and clearly gifted. He collects scrap metal, drift wood from the Loire, bits of knackered bikes from the areas scrap yards and turns them into : He even has similar ideas as me about what Suzukis are good for Predator made from a motocross bike and 2 scooters I came home on the back roads, skirting round behind the trailing edge of a strom cell that must have gone through about 15 minutes before me. 190 odd km and an interesting interlude discussing stuff with Julian from the Free man's Forge. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 A couple of those are really cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Those are just amazing......that guy has a hell of an imagination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Superb stuff Chris, have you got a waypoint of map for his place. If I'm ever going that way i'd like to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 8 hours ago, boboneleg said: Superb stuff Chris, have you got a waypoint of map for his place. If I'm ever going that way i'd like to visit. not a way point as such Bob but his address is : 8 route de Vezelay, 58350 NANNAY. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, MooN said: not a way point as such Bob but his address is : 8 route de Vezelay, 58350 NANNAY. Cheers Chris, that's good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Cheers Chris, that's good enough I can give you exact map references to my locations if you wanted them Bob! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 On 06/10/2021 at 22:08, XTreme said: I can give you exact map references to my locations if you wanted them Bob! Good for adding to the list of places to avoid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 On 06/10/2021 at 17:45, MooN said: not a way point as such Bob but his address is : 8 route de Vezelay, 58350 NANNAY. Waypointed in my GPS now . Who knows what will happen next year but if I'm on my way to the Alps that would be a good place for a pit stop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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