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Train travel and shingles

For reasons which need not detain us here, on Sunday afternoon I felt obliged to take a train from the south coast to the outer suburbs of London in readiness for certain commitments that I had in the latter quarter, starting from 0800 hours yesterday. As Molesworth was prone to suggest, “as any [...]

May 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

The delights of Rottingdean

Whilst I – we – were all so delighted to be travelling abroad again one must not forget the delights Great Britain has to offer. Yesterday I had cause to visit Rottingdean, only a couple of miles from my home. It suffers from too much traffic travelling from the A27 to the coastal road [...]

May 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

Back on the road again (not)

As regular Rusters will know, on the face of it my driving record – now encompassing two separate six month disqualifications for amassing 12 speeding points in a single clutch (by which statement I mean to refer to the fact that after three years duration each “offence” is treated by the [...]

May 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

Taking account and travelling back

There is a French word bilan which literally means “balance sheet” but is used in the English sense of ‘taking an account’. A few years ago I attended a conference on buying and selling property in France. A French notary caused much laughter in his presentation as he [...]

April 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/restaurant wrap up

Last weekend’s visit to Sanary and Cannes on Monday meant for some visits to some fine restaurants. At Sanary we always go to the Hotel de la Tour whose signature dish is sea bass baked in salt. It’s delicious but leaves you thirsty. Mireille does not hold back on ordering and the final bill [...]

April 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

Travelling in France and a visit to Cannes

Yesterday Team Rust travelled by rail from Sanary to Cannes to where my late mother’s best friend had moved. We travelled by rail. On arrival at the station at Sanary we had been informed that, due to a strike by maintenance staff, the train would be 20 minutes late. I thought we would miss [...]

April 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

A day at Sanary sur Mer

Yesterday the group spent the day at Sanary sur Mer – a charming port town which borders on the more famous Bandol and is more or less equidistant between France’s biggest port cities of Toulon and Marseilles. It has a literary history. Aldous Huxley and Cyril Connolly lived here and during [...]

April 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

Bienvenu aux Rusteurs

I was so delighted after 3 years absence to see the Rust Team back in my city. We had an awful lockdown with restaurants and the market closed. Older Nicois said it was worse than the German occupation. The city is now its old vibrant self with almost all restrictions lifted. We now have new [...]

April 23, 2022 // 0 Comments

Nice considered

Over rose on the balcony, the virtues of Nice were considered by the group. I offered the traditional view of the blueness of the Bay. Bob observed that there was a pleasing contrast between the quaintness of the Old Town and the commercial centre of high-end shopping. Polly offered the view that [...]

April 19, 2022 // 0 Comments

Nice

As with the rest of our party I was delighted to be travelling again and to be back in Nice at my favourite time of year. The season begins in April 15 and early May on the Riviera becomes busy and crowded with the twin attractions of the Monaco Grand Prix and the Cannes film festival. Mind you [...]

April 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

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