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Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Forty-Four

4th October 2026 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my happy readers. Brighter this morning and quite a decent day out there. It looks like it’s going to be a decent week here in Downing Street, as Mascara Man is off [more…]

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A Stroll Along Quai du Mont-Blanc

21st January 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

We shall remain in Geneva in the 1980s for a little longer before moving around Lake Geneva in a clockwise direction in the 1950s. Does that make any sense? Our first photo this time is [more…]

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Sisi – The Foulest Crime of The Century

14th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Last time our 1955 Ford Prefect road trip found my grandmother photographed standing on the Jet d’Eau side of Lake Geneva. An interesting crown-topped cupola lay squatted in silhouette on the other side of the [more…]

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The 19:13 From Gare de Lyon

7th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

In a previous edition gleaned from my family’s 1950s road trips album, from the top of the Eiffel Tower we noticed an interesting double-decker bridge carrying both a road and a railway across the River [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 25

10th August 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

Where should an escaped prisoner escape to? You can’t go to the obvious place as, if it’s obvious, that’s where they’ll be looking for you.  Some other places spring to mind, Paraguay, Switzerland? On receiving a letter [more…]

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