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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

Holiday Hotel

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Those places we stay on holiday. Hotels come in all guises, from halfway house to palace. You can […]

August 16, 2021 cheap hotels, drifting, France, French Riviera, Holidays, Hotels, photography, Road trip, street photography

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

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    Some unpublished Holiday memories   Summer time and the living is easy, unless you are looking […]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

OF RESOLUTIONS AND REVOLUTIONS

Possibly my last post about New Year (promise) A GOOD RESOLUTION, A LIFE-CHANGING REVOLUTION, RESOLVING TO DO GOOD […]

January 3, 2017 Christmas, Culture, faith, Life, New Year, Philosophy, Religion, Revolution, Stress, Uncategorized, Work

Plaisirs d’été (good and bad at art)

Good or bad at art? Back in my school days – the dim and distant past, the criteria […]

July 24, 2016 Art, Holidays, summer, TRAVEL

Tourist Tax Rise

The first weekend of summer. School is out and it is time to hit the road for the […]

July 6, 2014 Holidays, TRAVEL
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