The French Way of Life....

Here it is, the photograph that in one fell swoop sums up the French way of life. Here is Ted, strolling away from an Artisan Boulangerie (the very best kind of bakers..) in nearby Langoat, under his arms 2 top quality French sticks. The kind of loaves you start eating when as soon as you buy them, bread tasty enough to be eaten on its own with a smidge of butter, bread that makes a UK sliced loaf taste like cardboard. The kind of bread that each village in France is legally obliged to provide its residents.

Contrast this supremely civilised notion with the way Ted is taking his life into his own hands, bravely running the gauntlet, facing down a French driver on what they laughingly call a Passage Cloute - a crossing that they are NOT legally obliged to stop at. All he wants to do is to return home with his catch and feed his family.

Et viola; La France, in one simple photo...