I’ve been busy. No, really. I’ve been back today and read through every single blog post that I have written in my time in the USA, and been reminded of everything I did. Some of it is fun, some of it is well written. Some of it is embarassing to read, and some is just [...]

Last week in the USA then. As I sit and type this, I realise that at this time next week I’ll be on a plane. First I go north a bit to Philadelphia, and then east quite a bit more to London. It’s time … The Prodigal Son returns to the City of Londinium next [...]

The iPhone. All hail the flippin’ iPhone, which I got sucked into buying back in August during my summer road trip when my trusty old Nokia finally broke when one of the function keys broke, and so I got a new phone when I passed the gleaming AT&T store in Salt Lake City later that [...]

This is rather fun. If I didn’t know I’d been on a roadtrip, would this summary of words using wordle pulling a feed from my site reflect it? It’s so much fun. You can go make your own here, either by typing in the name of a blog, webpage, or just copying in some text.

You know you’re in New Mexico when every town stars with the word ‘San’ or ‘Santa’. Well, every town that is except for the intriguingly named ‘Truth Or Consequences‘ which (yes, go back and click on its hyperlink!) is a real name for a town not far from the campground where I sit and type [...]

So you want to go gambling in the Dakotas? Easy … nip along to your local gas station. It’s odd but true, but almost every single gas station that we’ve stopped at in South and North Dakota has had a little dark dingy room attached to the side of it. ‘Gambling Room’, ‘Lottery Room’, or [...]

Some random thoughts: • I often wondered whether Sirius satellite radio was somehow ‘smart’ enough to know whereabouts in American you were listening to it. On the east cost of Charleston, when I get BBC Radio 1, it’s time shifted by five hours meaning that I can listen to the breakfast show at 8am Charleston [...]

There are actually eight places in the UK called ‘Waterloo’ whilst there are over 40 – almost one for every state – spread throughout the USA. Now whilst we know that the London tube and railway station takes it name from the Belgium town (which always amused me when it was the Eurostar terminal – [...]

Having my mum with me week has been fun, because – believe it or not – she’s bigger chatterbox than me. I leave her for thirty seconds in Walmart the other night (shopping for camping equipment, there was no dedicated camping shop in town) and when I catch up with her again she’s telling her [...]

Go to Memphis, go to Graceland and all you do is get Elvis songs stuck in your head. Although, weirdly in my case I found myself humming a very obscure A-Ha song Move to Memphis instead, and from that it took me to Mark Cohn’s Walking in Memphis, and from there the natural transition is [...]

Do NOT read this blog. Do NOT go to the Facebook group, and DO NOT play any of the videos that I slave away on the road producing on my trip. Oh no … because the real fun, the real story, and the real feel for what’s going on on the road, is over at [...]

New Orleans – named after the french city of Orléans – is one of the oldest settlements in America, is famous for its food, architecture and jazz music – and its ability to have a party. Party central in NOLA is based in the French Quarter of the city, in particular – Bourbon Street – [...]