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Category Archive: Environment

Wine to Water

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A crisp sunny autumn afternoon. Sunday drive weather. Winding up through the vines of Sancerre then twisting down […]

October 18, 2020 Boats, countryside, deepest france, driving, Environment, France, French, Landscapes, Motoring, photography, Provincial France, Road trip, Sailing, Sancerre, sunday, vines, Wine

Cardiac Sunday Stroll

Part of cardiac convalescence is a daily walk, a mile or so on doctor’s orders. Sunday was a […]

June 1, 2020 Bourges, drifting, Environment, Small town, Weekend

Marshland Paradise

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A popular local haunt for amateur photographers -“Les Marais”. It loses something in the vulgar translation of “marshes” […]

January 26, 2020 Boats, Bourges, canals, Environment, Gardening, History, Landscapes, photography, Provincial France, Small town

All Our Nowheres

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It was a remark from a blog reader – “why do you never take happy photos?” and it […]

March 1, 2019 Art, Bourges, drifting, Edgelands, Environment, France, Landscapes, photography, Provincial France, Road trip, TRAVEL

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

Junk

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More junk on the blog, following on from yesterday’s post, entitled “Remnants” in which I speculated as to […]

November 5, 2017 Bourges, deepest france, Environment, photography, rubbish

The Leaf, the Witch and the Hedgehog (A “neighborly” autumn tale)

The old lady across the road stares at me with autumn acrimony, holding me in her leafy gaze […]

October 29, 2017 Ageing, Autumn, Bourges, Environment, Gardening, Halloween, Life, Small town, Weather, Weekend

On the Run in the Edgelands

The Edgelands – that parallel peripheral sub world that marks the transition from civilization to nowhere, from riches […]

July 9, 2017 Art, Bourges, Culture, Death, drifting, Economy, Environment, French, Life, photography, Provincial France, Shopping, TRAVEL

Looking for Luçay le Libre

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After the events on Bastille Day in Nice, I decided to head off into the French countryside and […]

July 20, 2016 Café, countryside, Culture, Death, deepest france, drifting, driving, Economy, Environment, Farming, France, French, French Village, History, Life, Rural Life, summer, TRAVEL

Pulsating Year For Lentil Lovers

Some more misspelt ramblings from deepest France Here is some rip roaring news – the UN has declared […]

January 10, 2016 Cooking, Environment, Food, France, French, Health, Lentils
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