This is why I have been busy writing articles for ezinearticles.com

See my profile here: Rick Lomas on ezinearticles.com

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I have found some articles on my hard drive that I wrote for DJ magazine years ago.
This one has just been approved on ezinearticles and has earned me 'platinum status'
Retro Review - So How Did The New Millennium Start For The Budding DJ Or Record Producer?

I am on holiday in Spain, I don't get loads of internet access here, so I have dedicated my time to writing enough articles to earn me platinum status on ezinearticles.com. 

I wrote about what was happening at my campsite.

Internet Connections At Campsites In Europe - The New Hobby, And Obsession, For The Silver Surfers

As far as I am concerned I am staying at the most perfect caravan site in Spain at the moment, so I have written an article about it.

Another article I have just had published on ezinearticles.com, this one is about the danger of putting diy holidays together yourself

I'm staying on a lovely campsite in Spain, so I thought I'd rewrite an article from a Caravan Magazine I have just found. This is now approved on ezinearticles.com

RV, Motorhome And Caravan Window Condensation - How To Prevent And Get Rid Of Misty Windows

Whilst away on holiday in spain I thought I would write some travel based articles.
This is my first one:
10 Tips For Finding The Perfect Holiday Villa To Rent

It's the weekend so I thought I would begin wrting some Squidoo lenses about all the cars I have had.
It begins with The Triumph Herald my first ever car and strangely enough my second too. In the process of writing I couldn't remember my mate, Eddie's last name..so I ended up looking at sites to do with the Tallyllyn Railway, which I knew he was heavily involved with. There he was, Eddie Castellan.  Isn't this internet thing brilliant?

I had already made some entries to my Serre Chevalier site in Wikipedia, but this morning I discovered a few French entries that I didn't know about. I tried to add some links, but you actually need a separate account to do this in french.  Once there the code you need is quite weird, not like HTML at all i.e.
*[http://www.serrechevalier.org/ Un site Web indépendant au sujet de Serre Chevalier écrit par les personnes qui vivent et travaillent là, en Anglais]
I added my link here:
Serre Chevalier
Chantemerle, Hautes Alpes
I'll look at for more later...

These two articles by Lin Davidson seem to have been approved in about 30mins..what's going on? This is great!

The Liberation of Briancon, Hautes Alpes, France

and

'Le Pierre aux Oeufs' A Late Neolithic Sacred Stone Near St Chaffrey, Serre Chevalier, France