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N154-French Neo Rural

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Driving nations. You get iconic misconceptions of driving across other countries. We’ve all got a Route 66 image […]

April 30, 2023 America, Café, countryside, Culture, deepest france, drifting, driving, driving home, France, French Village, Landscapes, photography, Provincial France, Road trip, Rural Life, Sex, sunday, Travel writing, Weekend

The Road To Normandy

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The first part of this summer story starts in 1981 Welcome to Normandy 1 We’re supposed to be […]

July 25, 2022 Beach, drifting, driving, France, French, Military, Provincial France, Road trip, stories, summer, Time Travel, Tourism, TRAVEL, writing

All the Fun of the Fair

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They come in their hundreds, in families, with friends, in gangs and gaggles of noisy, excited youths, in […]

June 28, 2021 Bourges, Culture, deepest france, France, French, Fun, Heritage, Holidays, photography, Provincial France, Weekend

Route 151

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The road down my way that links this place to other places is the Nationale 151. It’s not […]

April 6, 2021 Bourges, Culture, drifting, Edgelands, photography, Provincial France, Road trip, street photography, sundown, Tourism, TRAVEL, Travel writing

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

Summer Pick Up / Sunny Sony

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It’s the hottest f***ing day of the whole summer. Cars are melting tires first into the melting tarmac […]

August 12, 2020 Art, Bourges, Edgelands, Fashion, France, photography, Provincial France, Small town, summer

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

Almost Stalingrad

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Far from the real epidemic world, here I am, stuck in the middle of the middle of nowhere […]

March 8, 2020 countryside, deepest france, drifting, Edgelands, France, Landscapes, Military, photography, Provincial France

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

Tour de France

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It is that time of year, when a line a cyclists pedal their way across France in pursuit […]

July 20, 2019 Art, Culture, deepest france, France, nostalgia, Provincial France, Road trip, Sport, Time Travel, TRAVEL

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