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Forgotten Soldier

It’s one of those  airless,  hot summer Sundays. The world is on holiday, deepest France is in full […]

July 17, 2017 Culture, Death, deepest france, driving, French, French Village, Heritage, History, Military, photography, Provincial France, summer, Time Travel, Weekend

Bastille Day

First and foremost, a big warm wordpress THANKYOU to all those who viewed and liked my last photographic […]

July 14, 2017 France, French, Military, Paris, photography, Revolution, summer

Presidential Crystal Ball gazing

After 26 years living in France, I can confirm that joie de vivre is not a French thing […]

April 30, 2017 Employement, Europe, Ex-pat, France, French, Hangover, History, Life, Military, Paris, Pesidential Election, politics, TERRORISM

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

Pea Soup and Sacrifice (and shopping)

PEA SOUP « F*** me, it’s a real pea souper this morning. Can’t even hardly see to the end […]

November 13, 2016 Autumn, Bourges, Cemetery, Christmas, Culture, Death, deepest france, Economy, Ex-pat, Food, France, French, Halloween, Holidays, Life, Military, Paris, Shopping, Weather

Rock In Spring and Thoughts on Bands

A Sunday morning stroll down the supermarket. God might give us this day our daily bread, but he […]

April 10, 2016 Barbecue, Bourges, Café, Culture, France, French, Life, Military, Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Shopping, Small town, Smoking, Spring, Tourism, TRAVEL, Weather

Why They Don’t Burn Guys in France

Of Christmas Lights and Flip Flops An unseasonably warm late autumn weekend in small-town France – a brief […]

November 8, 2015 Café, Christmas, France, French, Heritage, History, Military, Paris, Religion, summer, TERRORISM, Weather, Weekend

Napoleon Wins Waterloo

As we prepare to mark the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, I am pondering the […]

June 14, 2015 Culture, Education, Food, France, History, Holidays, language lessons, Military, politics, Tourism, Wine

European Road Trip – On the Road to Amsterdam

Written between May 4th – 8th 2015 Roads – those arteries that take us from one place to […]

May 11, 2015 France, Heritage, History, Holidays, Military, Motoring, Tourism, TRAVEL

What did you do in the War Dad?

Marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two – well not really. We are « celebrating » […]

May 10, 2015 Family, Heritage, Life, Military

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