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Photos from Deepest Nowhere

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It was that time of year when my work takes me the middle of deepest nowhere. Here are […]

March 22, 2020 Café, deepest france, drifting, French Village, Ghosts, Military, photography, Provincial France, Road trip, Small town, Time Travel

Autumn Writings – November

Continuing in the series of Autumn scribblings – November – a poem on crossing a bleak land of […]

November 4, 2018 Autumn, canals, countryside, Ghosts, Landscapes, Poetry, TRAVEL, writing

(This ain’t) Coney Island (Baby)

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It’s the cooling evening of the afternoon of the gig of the morning that started the night before. […]

July 1, 2018 Bourges, Fun, Ghosts, Holidays, junk, nostalgia, photography, Provincial France, summer, Uncategorized

Is There Life on Mars?

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There’s no life on Mars. I know. I’ve been there. Photos of those parts of France that the […]

April 15, 2018 administration, Cemetery, countryside, Death, deepest france, drifting, Economy, French Village, Ghosts, Life, Paris, photography, politics, Provincial France, Road trip, Small town, Time Travel, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Was It Ever Like That?

Was It Ever Like That? Ex-pat reflections on the Christmas that never was gleaned from collective memy The […]

December 22, 2017 Britain, Christmas, Ex-pat, France, Fun, Ghosts, Life, London, Music, rubbish, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

The Ghosts Of Christmas Past

A few ghosts of Christmas past – for mum and dad who always laid themselves out for a […]

December 22, 2017 Ageing, Britain, Christmas, Culture, Death, Family, Fun, Ghosts, History, London, New Year, 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

Sugar Free Cereal Bars For Halloween??? Are you crazy???

Hollowing out a pumpkin – a messy and fastidious business and probably the closest I’ll ever get to […]

October 31, 2017 Ageing, Culture, Family, Food, Ghosts, Halloween, Health, Holidays, Time Travel

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

The Ghosts of Deepest France

In my pursuit of chartering those unchartered parts of France. Those towns and villages where the dead seem […]

March 11, 2017 Ageing, Café, Cemetery, countryside, deepest france, drifting, Economy, Employement, France, French, Ghosts, Heritage, History, Military, Money, photography, Provincial France, Rural Life, Small town, Time Travel, TRAVEL

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