Post by: salar55 on 02 March, 2021, 09:17:37 pm
Post by: Pingu on 02 March, 2021, 09:45:00 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/5492/9656017709_1492e64c34_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fHgBDX)
Col de Peyresourde (https://flic.kr/p/fHgBDX) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Post by: salar55 on 02 March, 2021, 11:30:17 pm
Post by: Pingu on 03 March, 2021, 10:00:42 am
(https://live.staticflickr.com/588/20256441964_20efe2b962_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wRZyto)
Vaucluse, Drome (https://flic.kr/p/wRZyto) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Post by: T42 on 03 March, 2021, 12:53:55 pm
Post by: Pingu on 03 March, 2021, 01:02:11 pm
Post by: yorkie on 03 March, 2021, 03:18:59 pm
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210303/d47a58efa638245bc974614fa10b47b4.jpg)
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 03 March, 2021, 03:34:18 pm
Post by: salar55 on 03 March, 2021, 05:08:01 pm
Post by: Pingu on 03 March, 2021, 05:28:27 pm
Is this it.https://www.udrop.com/53iu/P7052048.jpg Part of the 100 cols route in Drome, well sometimes you have to zig zag in and out of the Departments over the cols.
Yup. There's also this on Col de Fontaube which is not in as good condition:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/5811/20257820463_fd721e81d2_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wS7CfB)
Col du Fontaube, Drome (https://flic.kr/p/wS7CfB) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Post by: Pingu on 03 March, 2021, 05:31:31 pm
Here's one, sadly partly obscured by my big fat hairy arse!!
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210303/d47a58efa638245bc974614fa10b47b4.jpg)
Even more obscured:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/652/20722377162_2a7f8cc4bf_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xzaALS)
Col du Galibier! (https://flic.kr/p/xzaALS) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Post by: Pingu on 03 March, 2021, 05:33:02 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/8458/7916579688_e061e57f87_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/d4yxkf)
IMG_0652 (https://flic.kr/p/d4yxkf) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Post by: Pingu on 03 March, 2021, 05:34:28 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3855/15074194916_1db2f66f3d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oY4bYm)
Col Agnel (https://flic.kr/p/oY4bYm) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Post by: yorkie on 03 March, 2021, 07:51:04 pm
I did get a photo of the sign sans my ugly mug, it was on another machine!Here's one, sadly partly obscured by my big fat hairy arse!!
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210303/d47a58efa638245bc974614fa10b47b4.jpg)
Even more obscured:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/652/20722377162_2a7f8cc4bf_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xzaALS)
Col du Galibier! (https://flic.kr/p/xzaALS) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
When I got to the top of the Galibier, a huge Dutch motorcyclist was taking cameras/phones off cyclists as they arrived, to take a decent photo for them, with the words "I will make photo for you, you have climbed this huge mountain, you deserve better than a shitty selfie!!"
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210303/f24b72521c8b600c864cbd271ba0736a.jpg)
Post by: Pingu on 03 March, 2021, 08:24:17 pm
Post by: bobb on 03 March, 2021, 09:03:03 pm
(https://www.zaribor.co.uk/raz/pics/fr.jpg) (https://www.zaribor.co.uk/raz/pics/fr_l.jpg)
(https://www.zaribor.co.uk/raz/pics/ch.jpg) (https://www.zaribor.co.uk/raz/pics/ch_l.jpg)
Post by: salar55 on 04 March, 2021, 09:36:36 am
no drop box on this forum. , all these image sites are ransomware just waiting to pounce .
Post by: salar55 on 04 March, 2021, 09:41:22 am
Post by: The French Tandem on 04 March, 2021, 09:46:02 am
How widespread are they? One on each border or just sporadic?
I'm not sure there's an official rule, but usually you see them systematically when the border is on the summit of a col. There are some stones on flat lands, but they are more sporadic then.
And what happens when departement borders move; do they move/alter the stone or just leave it there, with outdated names or in a position that's no longer relevant?
Borders never move, don't you know? ;) More seriously, I have seen only one example of such a stone at a no longer relevant place: the Col du Hantz (https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Col+du+Hantz/@48.4023858,7.0899079,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4793fa137b3497bd:0x81861c2b0cb9488c!8m2!3d48.40249!4d7.089823) used to be on the French-German border a long time ago, but the stone is still in place.
A
Post by: salar55 on 04 March, 2021, 09:49:19 am
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 04 March, 2021, 09:52:18 am
Well, it still is a border, but no longer an international one! I wonder if the auberge and the building with the suspiciously wide door opposite used to function as customs houses?How widespread are they? One on each border or just sporadic?
I'm not sure there's an official rule, but usually you see them systematically when the border is on the summit of a col. There are some stones on flat lands, but they are more sporadic then.And what happens when departement borders move; do they move/alter the stone or just leave it there, with outdated names or in a position that's no longer relevant?
Borders never move, don't you know? ;) More seriously, I have seen only one example of such a stone at a no longer relevant place: the Col du Hantz (https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Col+du+Hantz/@48.4023858,7.0899079,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4793fa137b3497bd:0x81861c2b0cb9488c!8m2!3d48.40249!4d7.089823) used to be on the French-German border a long time ago, but the stone is still in place.
A
Ed: I see there's an HGV parked in a layby just the other side of those buildings, with a suitably Franco-German name: Klein & Fils. :D
Post by: The French Tandem on 04 March, 2021, 10:49:21 am
Ed: I see there's an HGV parked in a layby just the other side of those buildings, with a suitably Franco-German name: Klein & Fils. :D
Some locals would tell you that Klein is not a German name, but a typically Alsatian name :facepalm:
A
Post by: Pingu on 04 March, 2021, 11:46:53 am
I'm not sure there's an official rule, but usually you see them systematically when the border is on the summit of a col. There are some stones on flat lands, but they are more sporadic then...
Col de Vars doesn't (didn't) have one.
Post by: JStone on 04 March, 2021, 12:28:04 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51003048152_c70e5ba2b7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kGXXib)
Post by: The French Tandem on 04 March, 2021, 07:24:16 pm
I'm not sure there's an official rule, but usually you see them systematically when the border is on the summit of a col. There are some stones on flat lands, but they are more sporadic then...
Col de Vars doesn't (didn't) have one.
It appears to have one now:
(https://www.cybevasion.fr/photos2/col-vars.jpg)
Post by: salar55 on 04 March, 2021, 07:56:20 pm
Post by: JStone on 05 March, 2021, 02:41:02 pm
(an old one complete with former spelling DEPARTEMENS, before someone added the T)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51006088466_99c0e882da_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kHex5o)
Post by: salar55 on 05 March, 2021, 06:27:22 pm
Post by: JStone on 06 March, 2021, 12:00:10 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51008648726_90f4e7c127_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kHsE9N)
Post by: salar55 on 06 March, 2021, 07:40:34 pm