Whatever the weather, wherever the destination, you’ll find me wearing a pair of jeans. Sailing to St Kilda, climbing the Great Wall of China, cycling around Amsterdam: jeans have been my clothing of choice for them all. Naturally, then, I…
Memories of An Afternoon at the Grand Canyon
The booth seats were red leatherette, and the coffee refills were never-ending. As we ate our breakfast, Elvis watched over us from sepia photos on the walls. Our diner of choice, just off Route 66 in Arizona, couldn’t have been…
A Summer of Sunshine in Tucson, Arizona
The Stornoway sun has started setting mid-afternoon. Given the constant cloud cover, and the fact that the sun doesn’t make its morning appearance until around 8am, it feels very dark indeed. This wintry weather is in stark contrast to the…
On The Road in the American West
It’s the stuff that movies are made of. The American road trip is something of a legend, an almost-myth set down on screen and paper, like Thelma and Louise and On the Road. More recently the lure of the highway has…