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Why Are All These Photos Rubbish?

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“Why are your photos all rubbish?” asks a friend. Well I wouldn’t say they are ll rubbish, but […]

October 13, 2018 Edgelands, photography, rubbish, Saturday, Small town

(This ain’t) Coney Island (Baby)

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It’s the cooling evening of the afternoon of the gig of the morning that started the night before. […]

July 1, 2018 Bourges, Fun, Ghosts, Holidays, junk, nostalgia, photography, Provincial France, summer, Uncategorized

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

After The Deluge

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Days of rain. Local rivers have burst their banks, the town’s market gardens and allotments are flooded. Growers […]

January 12, 2018 Bourges, France, Gardening, Small town, Weather

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

A Shark’s Gotta Make a Living

« Hey, a guy’s gotta make a living, » I didn’t meet the fish guy, but this is probably what he […]

October 27, 2016 Bourges, driving, Economy, Employement, Fishing, France, French, Fun, Provincial France

The Colonel Comes to Town

Another long and lazy hot summer Sunday. This is the last day of this year’s Tour de France, […]

July 24, 2016 Bourges, Cooking, Culture, deepest france, Food, France, French, Life, Small town

2015 Music Review

Note for readers – post started on December 30th 2015 and finished on 3rd January 2016. My town […]

January 3, 2016 Culture, France, Fun, Music, Shopping, Uncategorized

Drifting Again

In Mid-July, I posted a piece, entitled “Drifting”. The post included some random photos and made the point that […]

August 2, 2015 France, photography, summer, TRAVEL

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