Travel Stories
Scariest Drive yet…Mont Vinaigre
I should have spent longer on my homework. I’d read a little about the local area and the view from Mont Vinaigre was recommended as
Category: Travel Stories
Travel Stories
Medieval France: From Saint-Quentin, Laon, Reims, Troyes, Viviers and Valbonne.
Medieval Figures I was blown away by the history around every corner driving through France. In fact I had to stop stopping in the end
Musings
Arriving in Provence
It was the 1st of December when I reached Provence and the light changed. I pulled over by the side of the road when I
Travel Stories
France: the Somme
Packs, rifles, bayonets, belts, and haversacks, Shell fragments, and the huge whole forms of shells Shot fruitlessly — and everywhere the dead The night patrol (1916)
Travel Stories
My Vanlife History
In the 1980s and 90’s, ‘van life’ was not a thing but live-in vehicles and ‘new travellers’ (or ‘new age travellers’ as the media called