A Fritillary taken near Vars in the French Alps. I can't make out which species it is. There's so many Fritillaries in France.
For the second year in a row, the only fault I had with our trip, was that it was totally sunny every day. We never saw a single cloud! This gives shadows, which...
A few years' ago, I was trying to take photographs inside Monet's house in Giverny, France. A young lady security guard caught me red-handed, and frog-marched (excuse the pun!), me straight out of the nearest exit! True story.
Fritillaries, Blues, Ringlets and Skippers, puddling (taking in salts) in a tiny water channel in the French Alps. Not much of a photo as such, just an amazing amount of butterflies in about a square foot.
After I've edited all 500 or so, I'll post a few of the best here in the next day or two.
Defoe retired from playing years ago now. Does your friend include former footballers that don't play any more, or is it just current players? If it's the latter, he's just talking rubbish.