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baking hot at night but great little
breakfast area. Main meals at the railway
station. Cannot remember exact dates but
do recall a long journey to Newhaven.
Kelly threatening other school groups on
ferry. Easy train journey from Dieppe to
paris. Monty with his large stash of fags
on the coach across Paris. Long rail
journey through France overnight,
sleeping in luggage racks etc. Amazed to
see the sports complex in Millau on way
in. Swimming in the river Dorbie,
Macintosh cutting his nose when diving
into river and hitting rocks. Swimming
from a beach on the tarn with Alan
Blumenthal and Peter Gore and being well
of shore at the sewerage boat discharged
allsorts just up river from us. Wondered
why the locals had left the water. Very
hot weather, trips to the Rochfort cheese
caves, Hydro Electric plant on the Albi,
Gorges du Tarn, Cause du Larsac ? Much
pinball gaming in local hangout. Eating
french was not my favourite, the idea of
horse put me off. Stopped in Paris for
the day on the way back. Had no money |
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left and thankfully Steve
Duvall helped and we went up onto first
platform of the Eifel Tower and had 1 bag
of chips and a coke(shared) all day.
Rough crossing on way back. Music of the
trip.. Whiter shade of Pale, All you need
is love, I was made to love her, come to
mind. I bought some very wide yellow
braces and corduroy shoes, wow what a
fashion icon. Came back and spent a good
time of the holidays keeping John Allen
(badly broken leg) company. Happy
days…. am now a teacher and the
trips do have a little more 'health and
safety' involved.
Left: Memorial to
the explorers who discovered the Aven
Amand caves.
Right: Gorges du
Tarn. It was very impressive in real
life.
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