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Travels to Mourmelon

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Off on my travels earlier this week. The small town of Mourmelon near Reims. All good travel blogs […]

May 30, 2019 Cemetery, countryside, deepest france, drifting, driving, France, French Village, Military, photography, Road trip

Welcome to La Creuse

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Welcome to Le Creuse in the depths of deepest France. We are in a rural “Bermuda Triangle between […]

March 17, 2019 Art, countryside, deepest france, drifting, driving, Farming, France, French Village, Landscapes, Military, photography, Provincial France, Road trip, Saturday, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Naked in the Vines

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In a couple of days, we will be sloshing out the old year and toasting in the next. […]

December 29, 2018 Alcohol, countryside, deepest france, driving, Landscapes, New Year, photography, Road trip, Sancerre, TRAVEL, Uncategorized, vines, Wine

Down to the Levée

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On the coldest of days, leeing through frozen forest and down to the levées to go with the […]

December 15, 2018 Art, Boats, countryside, drifting, driving, photography, St Satur, The Loire, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Autumn Writings – November

Continuing in the series of Autumn scribblings – November – a poem on crossing a bleak land of […]

November 4, 2018 Autumn, canals, countryside, Ghosts, Landscapes, Poetry, TRAVEL, writing

RIVERFLOW (The Therapy of Drifting)

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Riverflow The therapy of drifiting. Aimless and pointless driving across a skeletal winter forest On lonely roads down […]

October 25, 2018 Ageing, countryside, drifting, driving, Landscapes, photography, Poetry

Bastille Day Drive

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A Bastille Day drive through the local countryside, ostensibly to track down the red white and blue for […]

July 15, 2018 Café, countryside, Culture, deepest france, drifting, driving, Farming, football, France, French, French Village, Holidays, Motoring, photography, Provincial France, Revolution, Road trip, Rural Life, summer, TV, Weekend

Is There Life on Mars?

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There’s no life on Mars. I know. I’ve been there. Photos of those parts of France that the […]

April 15, 2018 administration, Cemetery, countryside, Death, deepest france, drifting, Economy, French Village, Ghosts, Life, Paris, photography, politics, Provincial France, Road trip, Small town, Time Travel, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

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

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

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