Category Archives: USA

The great thing about being a traveller, as opposed to being a holidaymaker, is the freedom to adapt, to follow the whim, to take the road less travelled by. And the great thing about a blog is that it doesn’t … Continue reading →

Bakersfield. For ninety miles, you approach across the flat central plain of California, nothing in sight but endless agriculture. It’s as flat as your hat, and mostly given over to grape vines. But not of the glorious ‘get it down … Continue reading →

As you know this blog is very much a joint effort, but we are going to introduce a device to allow us individual comments – vital, as we begin to introduce friends/family from decades ago. We are going to use … Continue reading →

From Amarillo, we could have stayed on the I-40, all the way to Albuquerque. Many moons ago, Sue Beardsmore made a brilliant TV series for the BBC on hot-air balloons, that climaxed in an amazing mass take-off of fantastic balloons … Continue reading →

So one day we’re with the King of Rock and Roll, and the next day – completely out of the blue – the King of Country! We could not believe it.  Not sure whether this ever hit the international news, … Continue reading →

We now come to the part of our trip which, during the planning stages, we referred to as “Thelma and Louise”. Basically this means that we get into the car and hit the road.  The T&L started on Saturday morning, … Continue reading →

Washington’s spaces and architecture are incredibly reminiscent of London, or Paris, and we were told during our visit to Arlington, (more of which, later), that it was in fact designed by Charles L’Enfant, who had European cities very much in … Continue reading →

It’s such an amazing thing to be able to stay with a son who lives and works in Manhattan, and such a shame that he had to work the day after Thanksgiving. So as James went off to the office, … Continue reading →

  What do Charles Dickens, Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh and John F. Kennedy have in common? No? You can have a bit of time – we’ll come back to that  Right! This is it – this is proper!  We … Continue reading →