Pyrénées-Atlantiques

...... a cavalier is riding over somebody on the ground. This may depict the "Matamoro", what is Saint Jaques in his role of slaughtering the muslims in Spain, leading the "Reconquista". The "Matamoro" was a very popular figure in spanish...

...... then there is the "trumeau", the center-pillar. This pillar ends into to figures, that seem to hold the whole structure on their shoulders. Not like the classic caryatid, that does that elegantly, these two really seem to suffer under the weight - and their are tied up. They stand back to back, mouths wide open, knees bowing - their hands tied together. These two figures are a political demonstration......

..there is a lion, eating up somebody. The the lower part of the victim´s body is hanging out of the lion´s mouth....

A former church. Impressing. We stayed in the little house to the left.

The population of Momy may be around one hundred. One of the locals seems to love classic light trucks. Parked in front of the parish church of Saint-Jaques is a Peugeot Camionette (from the 1950s?) and a Volkswagen T2 (double-cab/6 seater!) with flat tires. VW produced T2s 1967–1979.

Of course, I know Samson´s Lion. Samson wrestled that lion - and teared it apart. That the lion made it to France after that was totally new for me. Unfortunately I did not have the time for a detour to Samsons Lion, but meanwhile I learnt that there are actually two small hamlets, Samsons and Lion.

After having passed Lahitte-Toupière, I reached Vidouze. The pole and the phone-box below mark the exact center of Vidouze. In the background from left to right: the church, the mairie, the post office - and the yellow postbox.

An old fashioned french kind of bathroom. No! That is not a toilett.

...next morning I crossed the Adour via the old bridge...