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Road Movie Biker Wanderlust and Swedish Furniture

Unstructured ramblings on over 50’s wanderlust, Swedish furniture and sympathies for all you poor bastards with hybrid cars […]

May 2, 2017 Ageing, countryside, Culture, DIY, drifting, driving, driving home, France, French, Life, Philosophy, Retirement, Rock 'n' Roll, Shopping, Small town, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Freedom?

FREEDOM!  screams a huge banner headline from the front page of the Daily Mail. Freedom ? Freedom from what ? […]

March 29, 2017 Brexit, Britain, Death, Economy, Employement, Europe, Ex-pat, France, History, nationality, politics, Shopping, Tourism, TRAVEL, Wine

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

Grey Days On the Edge Lands of Bourges

Grey, sad November. When the rest of the world is shopping for Christmas, in France the shops are […]

November 13, 2016 Bourges, deepest france, drifting, Shopping, Small town, Weekend

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

Breakfast With(out) Donald

  It’s that Saturday morning thing – catching up on neglected household chores,the dirty washing piling up and […]

November 12, 2016 Bourges, Brexit, Death, deepest france, drifting, Food, France, French, Gardening, Life, Music, politics, Religion, Shopping, Uncategorized

Vital Vinyl

It is that time of year when the good folks in France clear out their attics, cupboards or […]

October 4, 2016 Culture, deepest france, Economy, French, French Village, History, Music, Philosophy, Revolution, Rock 'n' Roll, Rural Life, Shopping, Weekend

11/9

It happened on Sunday 9th September – my faithful old Macbook pro just decided to give up. Monday […]

September 30, 2016 Ageing, Alcohol, Autumn, Bourges, Culture, deepest france, Economy, Food, France, French, Life, Religion, Shopping, Small town, Teaching, TV, Weekend, Wine, Work

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

Unfinished Doctor’s Office Magazine Thoughts

Might finish this one day, and I might even tell you why I went to the doctor’s; A […]

January 20, 2016 Ageing, France, French, Fun, Gardening, Health, Heritage, History, Home improvement, Life, Motoring, Philosophy, Shopping, Time Travel, TRAVEL

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