Blue Man Group Tour 2016 – Abbotsford, BC, Canada

City: Abbotsford, BC, Canada Distance travelled: 115 miles Total distance: 19,765 miles Theatre: Abbotsford Centre Arena It was a hop across the border to Canada. Fortunately the border crossing people did not make us get off the bus in the middle of the night to go through customs and we made it smoothly to our destination. […]

Tracy Arm – Alaska

It is not every day that I get invited to go on a practically free cruise on a beautiful ship to Alaska. When my friend Ollie asked me if I fancied going on a cruise out of Vancouver on the Disney Wonder I thought he was joking. He was not. And neither was I when […]

The Grouse Grind – Vancouver, BC

August 24th 2015 After a fantastic week on board the Disney Wonder I disembarked in Vancouver. The week had been so enjoyable, not just because I had got to meet all the princesses and Micky and Minnie but because I had been able to do some pretty epic hiking. I was kind of exhausted! However […]

Amtrak Cascades – Seattle to Vancouver

This year I am to be lucky with the train journeys I am being able to make. Earlier in the year I rode the Serra Verde Express from Curitiba to Mohotes in the South of Brazil. As I type this I am riding along the north west coast of the United States crossing over the […]

Blue Man Group Tour 2015 – Hamilton and London, ON, Canada

City: Hamilton and London, ON, Canada Distance travelled: 464 miles Total distance: 13, 164 miles Theatre: Hamilton – Hamilton Place Theater | London – Budweiser Gardens Our trip to Canada was not quite as exciting as I thought it would be. In Hamilton we were staying way on the edge of town it was freezing cold […]

‘Beer and Back Again’ – Motown to Batavia

[Contd. from ‘Motown’] I left the studios and decided to get straight on the road again. After seeing the place where they were recorded I spent the next few hours listening to all my favourite Motown tunes. I had around 300 miles to cover today before I reached my friends’ place in Upstate New York […]