Life's about experiences. These are mine.
DAY 3 – San Francisco to South Lake Tahoe (188 miles driven, 3.12 miles walked) Getting a decent cup of tea in the US is something akin to the quest for the Holy Grail, therefore it was great to start the day today as Peet’s Coffee which made a very passable cupper. The concept of …
DAY 2 – San Francicso (0 miles driven, 10.99 miles walked) California has been struggling with the weather over the last few months suffering drought conditions and a number of fires. It was therefore somewhat ironic that today has been pretty wet. Not just a bit of drizzle but properly hammering it down. Some roads …
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DAY 1 – London to San Francicso (5368 miles flown, 4.31 miles walked) It’s been a long time coming but we are finally on our way back to the US! I’ve always been an anxious traveller worrying about whether I have the right things with me before we go. Helen says, although I am not …
This has been a while coming but finally I have managed to stitch together all the footage from the dashboard camera we took with us to the US (you can read more about the £20 camera here). Every day that we were in the car we took a short bit of footage to give an …
All over San Francisco there seem to be places that will hire you bikes. At first you would think you would need to be some kind of special masochist to want to cycle the steep roads. However, there is one route that does make sense commonly called “bike the bridge”. And that is exactly what …
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It has been about twelve years since I last visited San Francisco and I’d forgotten just how steep the roads are here – it’s come as a bit of a shock to my calves! I know what you are thinking – “he’s exaggerating. I bet it’s not that steep.” It is. Unfortunately the pictures just …
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Today we learnt two things about the US – it can be both as frustrating and as boring as the UK when it really puts its mind to it. Today we had intended to travel up via Highway One to the Big Sur and take in the views over the Pacific. Unfortunately the Pfeiffer Canyon bridge …