Greenwood, Mississippi, October 15, 2016:
Driving into Greenwood after dark, we pull into a gas station and ask directions to a late-night grocery store. ‘Sir… I have a suggestion,’ says a young man in… Continue reading
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There’s an E in Paree
France, April 27, 2016:
How the city of light took a battery-powered motor race into its heart: Last Saturday in Paris you needed a ticket to a motor race to get into the streets around… Continue reading
Oh Carolina
North Carolina, USA, March 6, 2016:
The Blue Ridge Parkway – what a fabulous name for a road. It sounds like somewhere you want to go even before you know where it is. In fact it winds… Continue reading
Music City, Party Town
Nashville, Tennesse, June 2015:
An hour before my flight touches down in the USA I am watching a music documentary on the seat-back screen. And the first words spoken in this episode… Continue reading
A city fit for a Queen
Charlotte, North Carolina, May 2015:
Our new Princess Charlotte has a warm welcome waiting in the American city that bears her name. As you might expect, Monday’s royal announcement was greeted with great delight in… Continue reading
Coastal cliffhanger
North-west Scotland, May 2015:
I’d always planned to go back to north-west Scotland but, somehow, 32 years slipped by. Children were born and grew up. Jobs and houses came and went… Continue reading
Miles of Isles
Outer Hebrides, Scotland, June 2014:
Strolling along Luskentyre Beach on the Isle of Harris in a biting wind, we recalled the story of a Thai holiday resort that put a picture of an Outer Hebrides… Continue reading
Such a Lot to like
The Lot, France, January 2014:
Choosing holiday dates is always a bit of a gamble but this time we hit the jackpot. We went to south-west France for a blues festival in the city of Cahors and… Continue reading
The heart of soul
Memphis, Tennessee, October 2013:
The songs starts with a blast of horns and suddenly the room explodes into life. More than 30 kids perform Otis Redding’s Shake with so much energy, charisma … Continue reading
Go wild in Canada
Québec, Canada, February 2013:
The seaplane came in from the south and made a long sweeping turn, almost skimming the tops of the pines on its approach. Trailing two glistening cascades Continue reading
