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1968 AND ALL THAT

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Riot, revolt, rebellion, revolution – still difficult to qualify those happenings of May 1968 that the French still […]

May 1, 2018 1968, Ageing, Alcohol, Art, Family, France, French, gastronomy, Heritage, History, Holidays, Home, Money, nostalgia, Polaroid, Revolution, Time Travel, Uncategorized, underwear

Get On The Bus

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Trying to book a sumer holiday On this soggy, sub zero day, I am looking for adventure – […]

February 10, 2018 drifting, driving, Europe, France, Holidays, Money, Motoring, Road trip, Stress, summer, TRAVEL, Uncategorized, underwear, 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

La Cuvée du Patron or How much will you pay for your wine?

1000 Euros for a bottle of wine! You must be mad. I could get 50 bottle of really […]

November 21, 2016 Alcohol, Barbecue, countryside, deepest france, Economy, Food, France, French, French Village, Heritage, Life, Money, Rural Life, Shopping, Tourism, Wine

In The S***, Sex Friends and Fig In The Channel

Absent from the blog again. Two weeks away. Reasons? A spot of serious paid writing and a few […]

March 4, 2016 Culture, Economy, Employement, Europe, Farming, Food, France, French, Life, Money, politics, Sex, Small town

Of Death, Bankers, Black Sabbath and Oversize Anoraks.

I doubt if Black Sabbath singer, Ozzy Osbourne will ever go down in history as a great philosopher, […]

November 1, 2015 Ageing, Cemetery, Death, Family, France, French, Life, Money, Rock 'n' Roll

More Parisian Daze or Sweaty Kebab Wet DoG Nicotine

06.49am ; on a train, in a station. What an UNGODLY HOUR. I’m not even sure that the Almighty […]

May 28, 2015 Crime, Fashion, Money, Paris, Smoking, Tourism, TRAVEL

A Wheel-Less Giveaway.

My poor old wheel barrow. It had served me well, and now it was unfit for use. The […]

May 25, 2015 Culture, Economy, France, French, Gardening, Money, Philosophy, Shopping, Wine

Death and the Banker

A couple of days ago I celebrated my 49.5 Birthday. I am at that age where people are […]

May 16, 2015 Ageing, Death, Economy, Family, Health, Money
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