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It’s a Saturday Thing

Snug under the duvet, you open one eye and stare lazily at the world. Slowly wake up and […]

January 27, 2018 drifting, Ex-pat, Family, Home, Life, Saturday, Uncategorized, Weekend, Wine

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

Coming Out The Night

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  Coming out the night. Rolilng past early-rising liquid gold sun scapes. Rolling across rising morning mist scape. […]

November 25, 2017 Autumn, drifting, driving, driving home, photography, Poetry, Road trip, Time Travel, TRAVEL

Teenage Moonage or (How a song came to be written)

« I had a teenage dream, On moonage days, I’d be a freak out far out, In a purple haze, Cruising […]

November 19, 2017 Ageing, Art, Culture, drifting, Ghosts, Life, lyrics, Poetry, Rock 'n' Roll, Saturday night, Small town

PINK GUITAR

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Numb and naked in the kitchen You’re there popping your pills, Mourning ritual habitual Stem the overkills You […]

November 19, 2017 drifting, Family, lyrics, Music, Poetry, Road trip

Heading Home (Looking for lunch)

Heading home after a walk in the woods, entering Bourges from the north east through the Edgelands – […]

October 28, 2017 Art, Autumn, Bourges, Culture, deepest france, DIY, drifting, driving, driving home, Life, Motoring, photography, Provincial France, Shopping, Small town, TRAVEL

Walk In the Woods

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Misty autumn morning  a perfect time for a walk in the woods around Bourges  

October 28, 2017 Autumn, Bourges, countryside, deepest france, drifting, photography, TRAVEL, Weather

Autumn Drive

When it feels like my small town is getting smaller, there is only one solution – ESCAPE – […]

October 22, 2017 Boats, countryside, deepest france, drifting, driving, France, French, French Village, Life, Motoring, Provincial France, Sancerre, Small town, St Satur, The Loire, Tourism, TRAVEL, vines, Wine

Running Down A Dream

So this is a kind of rambling post about my clichéd American dream in the light of recent […]

October 8, 2017 drifting, driving home, Ex-pat, Film, Ghosts, Life, Mobile homes, Motoring, Rock 'n' Roll, Small town, Time Travel, Uncategorized, Work

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