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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

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

Pointless

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As I collate my photos, I’d like to share a few  street scenes with you. Not people, but […]

December 28, 2018 Art, driving, Edgelands, junk, photography, Uncategorized

Of Rippers and Strippers and Adventurers

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RIPPERS AND STRIPPERS Christmas, that wonderous and magical  time for the giving and, (you hope), the receiving of […]

December 27, 2018 drifting, driving, Gifts, Home, Philosophy, Road trip, TRAVEL, Travel writing, writing

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

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

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

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

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

The Mystery In Space Adventure – a nonsense story

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Drifting round a downtown bookshop, looking for something to read. « The Mystery In Space Adventure. » The title screams […]

March 4, 2018 Cheap flights, DIY, drifting, driving, Holidays, seaside, Tourism, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

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