Wednesday 23rd April 2014 Day 2 Washington DC to Meadows of Dan, 5 hours – 240 miles – 2 States DC, VA We hit the road grabbed breakfast on the way. Today we were heading to the Blue Ridge Parkway, a beautiful road through the hills and the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. It never really dawned […]
Read more "Gone to Carolina – Day 2 DC to the Meadows of Dan – Behold, Foamhenge"Tuesday 22nd April 2014 Day 1 New York, NY to Washington DC 5 hours – 240 miles – 4 States NY+NJ+PA+MD Today was a long day. after getting up at the crack of dawn I boarded a plane at Heathrow to take me to New York City. However, I was not to spend much time […]
Read more "Gone to Carolina – Day 1 NYC to DC – The day a turkey exploded"So….2013 was a bad year for my Blog! I did not keep up with it as I should have done despite doing some really cool things. I am going to go back and recap some of those at a later date…I promise (I am sure the 4 people who actually read this blog will be […]
Read more "Around the World Again….AKA It’s been a while"When my friend Haydn told me that he had a couple of days off work and asked if I fancied going away somewhere, of course I didn’t say no. Although I knew the trip probably wouldn’t involve my passport, I always want to see more of my own country and this seemed like a perfect […]
Read more "Adnams Distillery and Brewery, Southwold, UK"Thurs 7th & Fri 8th Feb 2013 Day 4 Flagstaff, AZ to Las Vegas, BV 21 hours – 350 miles – 2 States AZ+NV Day 5 – Las Vegas. NV to Los Angeles, CA 6 hours – 300 miles – 2 States NV+CA Yesterday was a vey long day. We managed to see the sunrise […]
Read more "Go West (and South) days 4 and 5"Wed 6TH Feb 2013 Day 3 Tucumcari, NM to Flagstaff, AZ 11 hours – 740 Miles – 2 States NM+AZ The beautiful little bunkhouse that we stayed in last night fast east out across the New Mexican plains towards the rising sun and we wanted to make the most of it. We woke up at 5.30 […]
Read more "Go West (and South) Day 3"Tues 5TH Feb 2013 Day 2 Springfield, MO to Tucumcari, NM 12 hours – 700 Miles – 4 States MO+OK+TX+NM Day 2 was an early start. We had a long way to cover and didn’t want to be driving in the dark in the middle of nowhere at our destintation, New Mexico. The alarm went […]
Read more "Go West (and South) Day 2"A friend in need is a friend indeed…and if you get a great road trip out of it as well, that is a bonus. My friend Kristen Studard (K-Stud to her friends and anyone else she can persuade to call her that) told me some months ago that she was going to pack up […]
Read more "Go West (and South) Day 1"[Contd. from ‘Boston and Holyoak’] It it is not a long drive from Holyoak to Brooklyn and I made good time. The New York Skyline always takes my breath away a little. Even though I have spent so much time there over the years it is still a sight I enjoy. So much happened in […]
Read more "‘Beer and Back Again’ – The Final Leg – NYC, IL and Hospital!"[Contd. from ‘Motown to Batavia’] I was away from Amy and Daisy’s place early in the morning. I had a 7 hour drive ahead of me to get to Boston. It was boring and uneventful and allowed me to get another chunk of the Game of Thrones audiobook under my belt! I did however pass […]
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