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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

Park Story

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In the jardin des Tuilleries. Moment captured at the Jardin des Tuilleries 11/25/2018

November 30, 2018 Art, Autumn, France, Paris, photography, sunday, TRAVEL

Autumn Writings – November

Continuing in the series of Autumn scribblings – November – a poem on crossing a bleak land of […]

November 4, 2018 Autumn, canals, countryside, Ghosts, Landscapes, Poetry, TRAVEL, writing

Floating Around With the Garlic Whale

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    Some unpublished Holiday memories   Summer time and the living is easy, unless you are looking […]

July 30, 2018 Culture, Family, France, Fun, Holidays, Life, photography, seaside, Stress, Tourism, TRAVEL, Travel writing, Uncategorized, writing

Thoughts on Travel Writing

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In this holiday season, some thoughts on Travel Writin, taken from my 2014 novel “Ashes for Salmon” – […]

July 29, 2018 drifting, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Travel writing, Uncategorized, writing

Tourists

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Tourists – we are, we have been and we will be. The whole world is on holiday, and […]

July 29, 2018 Boats, canals, drifting, Europe, France, Holidays, London, Paris, photography, Sailing, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL

Pointless Places

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I got the idea listening to that Tom Petty song “Freefalling”, living in a house with a freeway […]

July 19, 2018 Bourges, Cemetery, deepest france, drifting, driving, Edgelands, Environment, Landscapes, photography, Road trip, Rock 'n' Roll, rubbish, Small town, summer, TRAVEL, Weather

Glamour in Cannes

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71st Cannes Film Festival got underway a few days back. Here is a personal angle on the theme […]

May 12, 2018 Art, Cannes, Cinema, collage, Culture, Fashion, photography, TRAVEL

Is There Life on Mars?

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There’s no life on Mars. I know. I’ve been there. Photos of those parts of France that the […]

April 15, 2018 administration, Cemetery, countryside, Death, deepest france, drifting, Economy, French Village, Ghosts, Life, Paris, photography, politics, Provincial France, Road trip, Small town, Time Travel, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Back from the road

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Back on the blog and back from a long road trip to those parts of France where tourists […]

April 15, 2018 Bourges, drifting, driving, France, Holidays, Motoring, photography, Road trip, Spring, Time Travel, TRAVEL, Uncategorized, Weekend

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