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Tales from the Edge of America – sign up today! 5 Sep 2011 | 11:17 pm
Slowly but surely, the first draft of my second book is coming together. Tales from the Edge of America will be published in early 2012 and will chronicle my 10,000 mile trip around the coasts and boa...
New Adventures 4 Jul 2011 | 05:36 am
Life went a little crazy towards the end of my American trip, and the pace hasn’t slowed since. I completed my travels around the USA, stopping off in Charleston and Florence, North Carolina. There ar...
Tales from the Edge of America – Days 24 and 25 23 May 2011 | 06:38 am
Where is Day 23, you ask? My whole day was spent on the Amtrak, a 30 hour journey from El Paso to New Orleans. I snoozed, worked, snoozed and chatted with fellow passengers, including a thoroughly lov...
Tales from the Edge of America – Days 21 and 22 18 May 2011 | 08:19 am
The Amtrak only travels between Los Angeles and San Antonio three times a week, so in order to avoid two days in Lordsburg I picked up a ticket on the Greyhound and headed for El Paso in Texas. Greyho...
Tales from the Edge of America – Day 20 16 May 2011 | 09:40 am
Spectacular scenery filled the window when I woke on board the Amtrak this morning. Unfortunately, that’s where the hospitality ended. The next stop was Lordsburg, a town that really doesn’t want you ...
Tales from the Edge of America – Day 19 15 May 2011 | 04:03 am
I left Oakland last night at 10 on the bus and caught the sunrise in Santa Barbara, then picked up the train to Los Angeles. It’s late evening as I write this, and the Amtrak powers through Southern C...
Tales from the Edge of America – Days 17 and 18 14 May 2011 | 05:36 am
I’m not one of those people who thinks San Francisco is cool or hip. It’s plain batshit crazy as far as I’m concerned. Don’t get me wrong – you’ll find crazy wherever you go, but somebody poured way t...
Tales from the Edge of America – Days 15 and 16 12 May 2011 | 05:59 am
Day 15 was a day of travel south down the west coast, from Seattle to Klamath Falls; from Washington State and into Oregon. This is a shot of the ornate Union Station in Seattle. It soon dawned on me ...
Tales from the Edge of America – Days 13 and 14 9 May 2011 | 04:37 pm
I didn’t realise how much I’d missed city life until I reached Seattle. After a week spent in tiny communities lost in the depths of the northern states, it was blissful to be among people again. And...
Tales from the Edge of America – Day 12 9 May 2011 | 01:34 pm
This is only a small selection of photos from my trip – you can see the full set on Flickr. After a few hours’ sleep on the overnight train from Malta to Wenatchee, I awoke to discover half the train...
