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Parallel Universe

Back to work and …. It’s like the summer never happened. People still sitting the same way at […]

August 28, 2014 Life, Work

No Slug Pub Round Here

Back to work tomorrow. The summer (for me at any rate) is over, and it has been a […]

August 27, 2014 Gardening

Watching THEM watching US.

Went to the zoo yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed it. My day of staring at animals staring back at […]

August 24, 2014 Health, Life, Philosophy, Shopping, Stress, Tourism, TRAVEL

Save Your Holiday Crocodile

The Last Day of the Holidays I started with a case of carefully packed, freshly ironed and neatly […]

August 10, 2014 Culture, France, Holidays, Life, Tourism, TRAVEL

A Week With The Garlic Whale (and other beach memories)

Recent holiday memories – Summer time and the living is easy, unless you are looking for a place […]

August 10, 2014 Culture, France, Holidays, Life, Sex, Tourism, TRAVEL, Wine

PACKING

That tedious pre-departure bane, whereby you put a selection of essential and useful items in a bag to […]

July 24, 2014 Holidays, Tourism, TRAVEL

HOLIDAYS. THE USEFULNESS AND PURPOSE OF.

I. Slave to the rhythm The purpose of a Holiday can be summed up in that well-worn cliché […]

July 24, 2014 Holidays, Life, Philosophy, TRAVEL

I Like Melvis Wesley

He looks like Elvis (more or less). He sounds like Elvis (just about), but it ain’t Elvis. Meet […]

July 24, 2014 Culture, France, French, Holidays, Mobile homes, Philosophy, Stress, Tourism, TRAVEL

Pimp My Mobile (Home)

  You certainly don’t wanna live all you’re f*****g life on a trailer park with the homeless, stateless […]

July 22, 2014 History, Life, Mobile homes, Stress, Tourism

Camping Thoughts

A few rambling thoughts on camping in France Holidays in France. Chances are you’ve come for a couple […]

July 21, 2014 Barbecue, Economy, France, Holidays, Life, Toilets, Tourism, TRAVEL, TV

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  • THE MEMORIES OF A ROCK AND ROLL JOURNALIST
    • Chapter One
    • Chapter Two
  • CHEZ MOI
    • Bourges – My Accidental Place of Exile
    • Slipping into my small town
    • On The Edge of Nowhere
  • MEET THE LOCALS
    • Earning a Crust in Deepest France
    • Meet Mr Beef the Butcher
    • Going Smokeless In the Heart of France
    • Ah, le P’tit Kawa
    • The Man In the Van
    • A Hunting We Will Go
    • Slaughter In St Just
    • Getting Horny
    • Small Town Sex – Meeting Madame Eva
    • Provincial Pleasures
    • The Confessions of Father B
    • Weaving Wedding Dreams
    • Now The Music’s Over …
    • On The Fiddle In Bourges
    • Hats Off to the Hatter
    • Meeting the Goatman
    • Double Johnny
  • ESCAPE
    • Thoughts on Travel Writing
    • Holidays – The Usefulness and Purpose Of
    • We’re All Bloody Tourists
    • Advice on Holidays abroad
    • Packing
    • Brief Thoughts on Hotels
    • Festive Journeys
    • Going Nowhere
    • On The Way To a Funeral
    • London Pleasures
    • The Seventh Circle of Hell
  • FRENCH LESSONS
    • Lesson One – Merde en France
    • Lesson Two – On est dans la merde
    • Lesson Three – Sacré Bleu!
    • Lesson Four – C’est con
    • Lesson Five – Je m’en fous
    • Lesson Six – Mustn’t grumble (Bof)
    • Lesson Seven – Brothels and Bicycles
  • RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
    • Faith
    • Bible Class
    • Losing My Religion
    • Serial Killer Kid
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