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The Mystery In Space Adventure – a nonsense story

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Drifting round a downtown bookshop, looking for something to read. « The Mystery In Space Adventure. » The title screams […]

March 4, 2018 Cheap flights, DIY, drifting, driving, Holidays, seaside, Tourism, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Get On The Bus

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Trying to book a sumer holiday On this soggy, sub zero day, I am looking for adventure – […]

February 10, 2018 drifting, driving, Europe, France, Holidays, Money, Motoring, Road trip, Stress, summer, TRAVEL, Uncategorized, underwear, Work

Over the Tracks and into the Marshes

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Across the tracks and into that mysterious place that we call “Les Marais” – preferable to the rather […]

February 9, 2018 Bourges, canals, countryside, deepest france, drifting, France, Gardening, Heritage, photography, Provincial France, rubbish, Small town, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL

Beyond The Wire.

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Camera’s been on the back seat of the car all week – a few clichés of my smalltown […]

February 3, 2018 Art, Bourges, deepest france, drifting, France, Gardening, photography, Provincial France, Small town, TRAVEL, Weather, Weekend

Flights of Fancy?

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There’s certainly plenty up in the air where I live – flimsy; single-engine light aircraft, limping in and […]

January 23, 2018 Airports, Bourges, Brexit, Britain, Cheap flights, countryside, deepest france, Economy, Ex-pat, France, French, Holidays, Hub airports, Low cost carriers, Rural Life, seaside, Tourism, TRAVEL

Misty Mountain Hop

So, we packed our bags for the Misty Mountains and went over the hills and far away – […]

January 4, 2018 Bourges, cheap hotels, deepest france, drifting, driving, driving home, France, French, Holidays, New Year, photography, Provincial France, Road trip, rubbish, ski, TRAVEL, Weather

Was It Ever Like That?

Was It Ever Like That? Ex-pat reflections on the Christmas that never was gleaned from collective memy The […]

December 22, 2017 Britain, Christmas, Ex-pat, France, Fun, Ghosts, Life, London, Music, rubbish, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

The Ghosts Of Christmas Past

A few ghosts of Christmas past – for mum and dad who always laid themselves out for a […]

December 22, 2017 Ageing, Britain, Christmas, Culture, Death, Family, Fun, Ghosts, History, London, New Year, TRAVEL

Festive Journeys

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Christmas used to be a true destination. A gaudy, magic, tinsel town. A place of glistening, snow-covered, candy […]

December 22, 2017 cheap hotels, Christmas, drifting, driving, Edgelands, Road trip, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Coming Out The Night

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  Coming out the night. Rolilng past early-rising liquid gold sun scapes. Rolling across rising morning mist scape. […]

November 25, 2017 Autumn, drifting, driving, driving home, photography, Poetry, Road trip, Time Travel, TRAVEL

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