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Beyond The Wire.

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Camera’s been on the back seat of the car all week – a few clichés of my smalltown […]

February 3, 2018 Art, Bourges, deepest france, drifting, France, Gardening, photography, Provincial France, Small town, TRAVEL, Weather, Weekend

Going Nutty For a Big Spread

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“Attention, danger, favorise l’obésité”. Danger this product can make you fat! That is the health warning printed on […]

January 26, 2018 Food, France, French, Health, Shopping, Uncategorized

My Dog Ate My Tax Form

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Hey, do you remember all those feeble excuses we used to use at school when we didn’t hand […]

January 24, 2018 administration, France, French, politics, Tax

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

The Educational supermarket

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What is happening in Britain ? Facebook is buzzing with friends who are tearing their hair out choosing primary […]

January 22, 2018 Education, Ex-pat, Family, France, French, Religion

Those Frenchmen who don’t change their undies

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Things of a seductive and lacey nature as Paris played host to its annual Salon de la Lingerie. […]

January 21, 2018 Culture, Economy, Fashion, France, Lingerie, underwear

Three Million Brits Could Be French

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Good news! The Entente Cordiale is alive and well. Last week French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime […]

January 20, 2018 Brexit, Britain, Employement, Europe, Ex-pat, France, French, nationality, Work

After The Deluge

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Days of rain. Local rivers have burst their banks, the town’s market gardens and allotments are flooded. Growers […]

January 12, 2018 Bourges, France, Gardening, Small town, Weather

Red white and blue and blue white and red

This year that I am French Is nationality a pièce of paper or a state of mind ?– as […]

January 7, 2018 Brexit, Britain, Culture, deepest france, Europe, Ex-pat, France, French, Heritage, Life, nationality, Provincial France, Small town, Weather, Work

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

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