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All Our Nowheres

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It was a remark from a blog reader – “why do you never take happy photos?” and it […]

March 1, 2019 Art, Bourges, drifting, Edgelands, Environment, France, Landscapes, photography, Provincial France, Road trip, TRAVEL

One to One

Over the past few weeks, I’ve spent a fair bit of time on trains, crossing the country, waiting […]

February 3, 2019 love, Love story, Poetry, TRAVEL, Uncategorized, writing

Urban North

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A weekend away in the northernmost French City of Lille. A few urban clichés. The usual classics – […]

February 3, 2019 Art, junk, Landscapes, photography, TRAVEL, Weekend

Naked in the Vines

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In a couple of days, we will be sloshing out the old year and toasting in the next. […]

December 29, 2018 Alcohol, countryside, deepest france, driving, Landscapes, New Year, photography, Road trip, Sancerre, TRAVEL, Uncategorized, vines, Wine

Cabin Cruise Of Love – Une Invitation au Voyage

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Under ominous grey skies, in a freezing wind, on a deserted river bank towards the close of day […]

December 29, 2018 Art, Boats, deepest france, Fun, love, photography, Poetry, TRAVEL, writing

Of Rippers and Strippers and Adventurers

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RIPPERS AND STRIPPERS Christmas, that wonderous and magical  time for the giving and, (you hope), the receiving of […]

December 27, 2018 drifting, driving, Gifts, Home, Philosophy, Road trip, TRAVEL, Travel writing, writing

Down to the Levée

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On the coldest of days, leeing through frozen forest and down to the levées to go with the […]

December 15, 2018 Art, Boats, countryside, drifting, driving, photography, St Satur, The Loire, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

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    • Bourges – My Accidental Place of Exile
    • Slipping into my small town
    • On The Edge of Nowhere
  • MEET THE LOCALS
    • Earning a Crust in Deepest France
    • Meet Mr Beef the Butcher
    • Going Smokeless In the Heart of France
    • Ah, le P’tit Kawa
    • The Man In the Van
    • A Hunting We Will Go
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    • Getting Horny
    • Small Town Sex – Meeting Madame Eva
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    • The Confessions of Father B
    • Weaving Wedding Dreams
    • Now The Music’s Over …
    • On The Fiddle In Bourges
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    • Meeting the Goatman
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    • Thoughts on Travel Writing
    • Holidays – The Usefulness and Purpose Of
    • We’re All Bloody Tourists
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    • London Pleasures
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  • FRENCH LESSONS
    • Lesson One – Merde en France
    • Lesson Two – On est dans la merde
    • Lesson Three – Sacré Bleu!
    • Lesson Four – C’est con
    • Lesson Five – Je m’en fous
    • Lesson Six – Mustn’t grumble (Bof)
    • Lesson Seven – Brothels and Bicycles
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