It is interesting how our early lives provide us with the templates for later. I spent a long time this morning wandering around a large housing estate in the suburb of St. Aubin-sur-Scie trying to find a road out of Dieppe. As I said, things do not change. I eventually found the Paris to Rouen … Continue reading Big Trip Day 2 – Dieppe to Rouen
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Big Trip Day 1 – From Croydon to Dieppe
The title does not have the same ring to it as Patsy Gallant's From New York to LA, but it serves my purpose. It was fifty-two years ago today, in 1973, that I set out to hitch-hike across Europe on my own. The trip was originally planned with my friend Iain, but he had to … Continue reading Big Trip Day 1 – From Croydon to Dieppe