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The real reason for going to the moon

I’ve written a few weird (and perhaps wonderful) stories over the years, all about going to the Moon. […]

September 1, 2022 Astronauts, Cheap flights, drifting, Moon, space travel

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

The Road To Normandy

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The first part of this summer story starts in 1981 Welcome to Normandy 1 We’re supposed to be […]

July 25, 2022 Beach, drifting, driving, France, French, Military, Provincial France, Road trip, stories, summer, Time Travel, Tourism, TRAVEL, writing

WHERE HAVE ALL THE BAD GUYS GONE? (reprise)

I posted the first version of this a couple of days back. I guess this is the final […]

June 17, 2022 Culture, depression, drifting, Edgelands, Environment, Ghosts, Hangover, Landscapes, Life, nostalgia, Road trip, Small town, Smoking, stories, summer, Time Travel, Weather, writing

Behind the Wall

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This isn’t East Berlin. For stark Cold War style clichés, I just take a stroll down my street. […]

November 23, 2021 black and white photography, Bourges, depression, drifting, France, Landscapes, photography, street photography

Misty Morning

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A misty morning walk round the lake

November 20, 2021 Autumn, countryside, drifting, Ghosts, Landscapes, photography, Weekend

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

Iconic Seafront

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There’s this one iconic building on the seafront of the French Riviera resort of St Raphael. It sits […]

August 11, 2021 America, drifting, France, French, French Riviera, Holidays, seaside, street photography, TRAVEL

JESUS AND MARY DRIVE IN KITSCH

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What penniless priest of impecunious ministry has left these icons ? Broke Bishops and skint Vicars and Nuns […]

July 14, 2021 Bourges, drifting, Museum, photography, Religion, Shopping, Small town, street photography, Tourism, TRAVEL

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