I was made aware of a peculiar building less that 14km from where I live, so it being a decent day decided to go out and track it down. This meant going along a narrow road which soon deteriorated into a muddy track.
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This was near enough to get a good view of the local power station on the north side of the Loire and 50m or so of walking got me to the river bank.
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There on the left is an odd looking sort of structure, here's a better view...
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This definitely called for further investigation so it was a jaunt over the Pont St Nazaire and a ride along some pretty wee roads through the water meadows on the north bank. And there tucked away along a lane beside the power station was this...
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This is The Villa Cheminee. It was conceived by a Japanese artist ( why I don't know !) and is now open to the public to use as a super viewpoint where you can look right out to the see and even get a glimpse of the higher buildings in Nantes itself.
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The house itself is closed but you apparently can rent it out. There really is some odd things along this river,
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