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Back to the Beach

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We are being “deconfined” or to express it in a more elegant manner, our terms or conditions of […]

June 1, 2020 Beach, Café, Cannes, France, Fun, Holidays, photography, Road trip, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL

View from the Beach

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Just back from the beach. Life’s a beach? Not sure, but all human life is on the beach. […]

August 21, 2019 Art, Beach, collage, drifting, Holidays, photography, rubbish, seaside, Tourism, TRAVEL, Wildlife

Sand Castles and Lunar Exploration

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1) THE REAL REASON FOR GOING TO THE MOON It is a little known fact, but astronauts just […]

July 21, 2019 Culture, Family, Fun, Heritage, History, Holidays, Philosophy, seaside, summer, TRAVEL

Holidays. The usefulness and purpose of

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Chosen Holiday Reading this year – the Collected Essays of George Orwell – (Penguin Classics ISBN 978-0-14-118306-0) – […]

July 30, 2018 drifting, Holidays, Philosophy

The Joys of Summer

Summer Sludge A Discourse on Shorts Summer Pleasures and Holiday Colours Summer is … A word on the […]

July 24, 2016 Ageing, Alcohol, Barbecue, Café, Culture, France, French, Fun, Holidays, Life, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Weather, Wine

The Lost Post

A few lost thoughts Lost is Not knowing where you are: having gone astray or bewildered as to […]

August 1, 2015 Holidays, Life, Motoring, Paris, Philosophy, Shopping, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Work

PACKING

That tedious pre-departure bane, whereby you put a selection of essential and useful items in a bag to […]

July 24, 2014 Holidays, Tourism, TRAVEL

HOLIDAYS. THE USEFULNESS AND PURPOSE OF.

I. Slave to the rhythm The purpose of a Holiday can be summed up in that well-worn cliché […]

July 24, 2014 Holidays, Life, Philosophy, TRAVEL

Pimp My Mobile (Home)

  You certainly don’t wanna live all you’re f*****g life on a trailer park with the homeless, stateless […]

July 22, 2014 History, Life, Mobile homes, Stress, Tourism

Camping Thoughts

A few rambling thoughts on camping in France Holidays in France. Chances are you’ve come for a couple […]

July 21, 2014 Barbecue, Economy, France, Holidays, Life, Toilets, Tourism, TRAVEL, TV

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