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Is There Life On Mars(eille)?

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Not many sailors fighting in the dance hall, but there is certainly life in Marseille, France”s second city, […]

August 17, 2022 Beach, Bowie, Café, cheap hotels, Crime, Culture, drifting, Environment, France, Heritage, Landscapes, photography, Religion, Road trip, Saturday night, stories, street photography, summer, Travel writing, urban, Weather, writing

TRAVELS (poem)

Travelling to somewhere, Travels always go somewhere. (But F*** knows where) Rain spit spatters on the windshield, The […]

November 23, 2020 countryside, Death, drifting, driving, Ghosts, Landscapes, Life, Motoring, Philosophy, Poetry, Road trip, TRAVEL, writing

Wine to Water

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A crisp sunny autumn afternoon. Sunday drive weather. Winding up through the vines of Sancerre then twisting down […]

October 18, 2020 Boats, countryside, deepest france, driving, Environment, France, French, Landscapes, Motoring, photography, Provincial France, Road trip, Sailing, Sancerre, sunday, vines, Wine

Road Trip To Reuilly

Beautiful French countryside. That depends where you go. Took a road trip yesterday. My better half was driving, […]

September 12, 2020 Café, countryside, drifting, driving, Farming, France, French Village, Ghosts, Landscapes, photography

Welcome to La Creuse

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Welcome to Le Creuse in the depths of deepest France. We are in a rural “Bermuda Triangle between […]

March 17, 2019 Art, countryside, deepest france, drifting, driving, Farming, France, French Village, Landscapes, Military, photography, Provincial France, Road trip, Saturday, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

Bastille Day Drive

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A Bastille Day drive through the local countryside, ostensibly to track down the red white and blue for […]

July 15, 2018 Café, countryside, Culture, deepest france, drifting, driving, Farming, football, France, French, French Village, Holidays, Motoring, photography, Provincial France, Revolution, Road trip, Rural Life, summer, TV, Weekend

ROAD FOOD

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On the road for work last week, heading to those parts of France that tourists never go. I […]

May 20, 2018 Art, Café, cheap hotels, Cooking, drifting, Europe, Food, France, gastronomy, junk, Lentils, Motoring, photography, Road trip, Tourism, Uncategorized

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

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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