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These four pages of My Pics feature photos from Reflexia's visit to France in 2005. The full story appears in the Articles section for ease of reading. It contains all the same pictures as displayed on these pages, but with a comprehensive write-up.

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On the Sunday before my final week at the college, I headed down to Clermont-Ferrand to meet a French girl I had become friends with at work earlier in the year, and who had now returned to her home city. The three images on this page were taken on the way back, halfway towards Vichy.

These pictures show the quatrelle against the backdrop of les Monts Dômes, the vulcanic mounts shrouding the city of Clermont-Ferrand, and home to Volvic mineral water amongst other things. The largest peak visible is the famous Puy de Dôme, standing at almost 1500m high and visible for many dozens of miles beyond. It is the largest mountain in this part of the Auvergne, and around one third of the height of Mont Blanc in the Alps.

Reflexia experienced a few issues during the trip, as detailed in the full version of the story, and so I took her to a garage in Vichy for repairs before the long journey back to England, which was not without incident. Click here to read the full article.