M. Christian Avesque is the last paid shepherd on the Causse Mejean. He is the subject of a recently-published book called Un Dernier Berger, which I bought as a souvenir of my trip to the causse: < http://www.amazon.fr/Un-dernier-berger-Renaud-Dengreville/dp/2812600403 >. It's a beautiful book with superb photos which really capture the place - worth having a look at if you ever get the chance.
I saw M. Avesque when I cycled on to the causse to visit the herd of Przewalski's horses that they have up there, but he was talking to a group of other tourists so I didn't want to stop and bother him a second time, and only took this snap and one or two variants. Interesting chap though, according to the book. Apart from an engineering course in a nearby town, and a spell in Algeria on military service during the war there, he seems to have been up there with his (or rather, not his) sheep all his life. < http://www.web-options.com/Berger.jpg > Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
