Mr Dog at Fleury, one of the villages totally destroyed during the battle of Verdun in 1916. Despite being no more, after the war the French continued its civic status, and it still has a mayor, whic… (View Post)

They thought it sensible to chip away at pensioner benefits by tinkering around the edges, landing themselves with all the discontent with negligible financial payoff. They would have been better to … (View Post)

In case of any doubt, my dog despite being exceptionally well-travelled has never been to Bristol. Edit/ oops, correction. The only Bristol he has been to was in Virginia. (View Post)

The famous Castle Tirol, from which the entire Tirol including the better known part in Austria originally got its name. With dog. It was cloudy this morning, but still hot, as you can see, but now i… (View Post)

We were both struggling with the heat on that walk, as it is rather exposed and the sun did come out shortly after. But fortunately, for the dog at least, there are plenty of streams and water course… (View Post)