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Pointless Places

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I got the idea listening to that Tom Petty song “Freefalling”, living in a house with a freeway […]

July 19, 2018 Bourges, Cemetery, deepest france, drifting, driving, Edgelands, Environment, Landscapes, photography, Road trip, Rock 'n' Roll, rubbish, Small town, summer, TRAVEL, Weather

(This ain’t) Coney Island (Baby)

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It’s the cooling evening of the afternoon of the gig of the morning that started the night before. […]

July 1, 2018 Bourges, Fun, Ghosts, Holidays, junk, nostalgia, photography, Provincial France, summer, Uncategorized

Modern Mix

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Wednesday 23rd May – my official citizenship ceremony – a republican rite of passage where the local “prefet” […]

May 27, 2018 Bourges, deepest france, France, photography, Uncategorized

Monster “Art” Day

It’s monster day  or “Les Monstres”, in my home town of Bourges – that one-a-year-day, when you can […]

May 10, 2018 Art, Bourges, Culture, photography, rubbish

Back from the road

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Back on the blog and back from a long road trip to those parts of France where tourists […]

April 15, 2018 Bourges, drifting, driving, France, Holidays, Motoring, photography, Road trip, Spring, Time Travel, TRAVEL, Uncategorized, Weekend

Over the Tracks and into the Marshes

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Across the tracks and into that mysterious place that we call “Les Marais” – preferable to the rather […]

February 9, 2018 Bourges, canals, countryside, deepest france, drifting, France, Gardening, Heritage, photography, Provincial France, rubbish, Small town, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL

Beyond The Wire.

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Camera’s been on the back seat of the car all week – a few clichés of my smalltown […]

February 3, 2018 Art, Bourges, deepest france, drifting, France, Gardening, photography, Provincial France, Small town, TRAVEL, Weather, Weekend

Flights of Fancy?

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There’s certainly plenty up in the air where I live – flimsy; single-engine light aircraft, limping in and […]

January 23, 2018 Airports, Bourges, Brexit, Britain, Cheap flights, countryside, deepest france, Economy, Ex-pat, France, French, Holidays, Hub airports, Low cost carriers, Rural Life, seaside, Tourism, TRAVEL

After The Deluge

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Days of rain. Local rivers have burst their banks, the town’s market gardens and allotments are flooded. Growers […]

January 12, 2018 Bourges, France, Gardening, Small town, Weather

Misty Mountain Hop

So, we packed our bags for the Misty Mountains and went over the hills and far away – […]

January 4, 2018 Bourges, cheap hotels, deepest france, drifting, driving, driving home, France, French, Holidays, New Year, photography, Provincial France, Road trip, rubbish, ski, TRAVEL, Weather

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