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My Mind Wandered to Somewhere Real.

Ain’t written nothing for a long time. Ain’t felt like writing for a long time. Don’t wanna do […]

September 1, 2022 cheap hotels, depression, drifting, Hotels, Landscapes, Love story, Motoring, Poetry, Road trip, street photography, Time Travel, TRAVEL, Travel writing, Weather, writing

Is There Life On Mars(eille)?

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Not many sailors fighting in the dance hall, but there is certainly life in Marseille, France”s second city, […]

August 17, 2022 Beach, Bowie, Café, cheap hotels, Crime, Culture, drifting, Environment, France, Heritage, Landscapes, photography, Religion, Road trip, Saturday night, stories, street photography, summer, Travel writing, urban, Weather, writing

Holiday Hotel

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Those places we stay on holiday. Hotels come in all guises, from halfway house to palace. You can […]

August 16, 2021 cheap hotels, drifting, France, French Riviera, Holidays, Hotels, photography, Road trip, street photography

Dirty Weekend

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It was a tradition. The dirty weekend -A secret weekend – A weekend away with a lover – […]

January 27, 2019 Britain, cheap hotels, driving, Fun, love, Motoring, nostalgia, Poetry, seaside, Sex, sunday, Time Travel, Weekend, writing

ROAD FOOD

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On the road for work last week, heading to those parts of France that tourists never go. I […]

May 20, 2018 Art, Café, cheap hotels, Cooking, drifting, Europe, Food, France, gastronomy, junk, Lentils, Motoring, photography, Road trip, Tourism, Uncategorized

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

Festive Journeys

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Christmas used to be a true destination. A gaudy, magic, tinsel town. A place of glistening, snow-covered, candy […]

December 22, 2017 cheap hotels, Christmas, drifting, driving, Edgelands, Road trip, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Within Pissing Distance of the Motorway

Back on the road for work next week … A long way from home. A lost, single soul […]

November 19, 2017 cheap hotels, Edgelands, Road trip, TRAVEL, Wine
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