A Menton Christmas - the Damage
You may remember the photograph of the pots recently posted. The winds, the rains and the sea have smashed loads of them (this is just a small part) but happily more are available for sale.
In the small photograph you see the ice rink. When I was last in Menton, it had been filled and was nearly frozen and ready to go. Now it lies in tatters. And below you see damage caused by the high seas.
The weather forecast is now looking reasonable for the next few days. Other places have had it far worse - Cavaillon, only 30 ks from Avignon, for instance - that's where the famous melons come from - they've had dreadful flooding. And in the mountains above Menton - at St Etienne de Tinée - they've had avalanches, fortunately with no loss of life.
Yes, Jilly, we left Menton and Avignon just in time.
ReplyDeleteIt's astonishing the amount of damage that's been done not to mention all the pre Christmas events that have had to be cancelled..
ReplyDeleteYour photo sums it up.
So sad and scary to see so much damage...never underestimate Mother Nature...
ReplyDeleteHow terrible.
ReplyDeleteIt's awful about the damage. Poor people all around there. The pots are so pretty and I think have a special charm of looking like ancient artifacts. I'd still buy them.
ReplyDeleteThink of all the work that went into making and marketing those pots! The scouring of the road looks dreadful too. High surf is normal in Pacific coast winters, but I never imagine this from the Mediterranean.
ReplyDelete...some good reportage, J, which puts it all back into the right perspective. It would be worth gong back to read the Bible's account of the appostle Paul being shipwrecked on Cyprus....."....and they managed to run the ship aground, where the hinder part was broken.....and there came an adder out of the fire......" and so on. Not too much has changed; only the adders are less in evidence.
ReplyDeleteWhoaaa...lots of cleaning up to do!
ReplyDeleteoh no!!!! What dreadful news this is!
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame.
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