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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

Bloody Tourists

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We’re all bloody tourists. We are, we have been and will be. Here are some photos of those […]

August 16, 2021 photography, street photography, Tourism

JESUS AND MARY DRIVE IN KITSCH

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What penniless priest of impecunious ministry has left these icons ? Broke Bishops and skint Vicars and Nuns […]

July 14, 2021 Bourges, drifting, Museum, photography, Religion, Shopping, Small town, street photography, Tourism, TRAVEL

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

Summer Places – Going Up The Country

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High summer and we are “On the road again” – that’s the song everyone knows, but in the […]

July 28, 2020 countryside, France, Landscapes, photography, Road trip, Rural Life, Tourism, TRAVEL

It’s Grim In Arbroath

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“Summertime and the living’s not easy.” Covid sweeps the nation and I’m recovering from a heart attack.  No […]

July 16, 2020 Art, Beach, Britain, Holidays, Landscapes, Mobile homes, nostalgia, photography, Tourism, TRAVEL

Back to the Beach

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We are being “deconfined” or to express it in a more elegant manner, our terms or conditions of […]

June 1, 2020 Beach, Café, Cannes, France, Fun, Holidays, photography, Road trip, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL

Figures At An Exhibition

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A recent  trip to London and a whirlwind visit to all the “must see” exhibitions, and as important […]

October 31, 2019 Art, Britain, Culture, Museum, photography, Tourism, TRAVEL

View from the Beach

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Just back from the beach. Life’s a beach? Not sure, but all human life is on the beach. […]

August 21, 2019 Art, Beach, collage, drifting, Holidays, photography, rubbish, seaside, Tourism, TRAVEL, Wildlife

Paris From The BackTracks

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Paris, the city of Love, the City of Light. Emblematic, iconic, legendary, but from the train, it looks […]

June 23, 2019 drifting, Edgelands, Landscapes, Paris, photography, Railways, Tourism, TRAVEL

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