USA

ALIVE IN DEATH VALLEY I wonder why they call it Death Valley? Because it is, in fact, teeming with all sorts of life ~ plants, animals and insects ~ they’ve all evolved and adapted to live here … one of the hottest places on earth. 282 feet below sea level, and plains of flat salt…

CLAM CHOWDER, CHURCHES AND A KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLOUR Ten thousand feet below, the long sweeping arc of Cape Cod reached out into the Atlantic Ocean. We were commencing our approach into Boston’s Logan International Airport at the start of a three-week holiday to New England. Before travelling north to the mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont…

FLORIDA, BUT IT’S NOT ALL DISNEY, DAREDEVIL RIDES AND ADRENALIN I left the screaming madness of Miami and made off south to the beautiful Florida Keys. Life in the Keys is a far cry from hustle and bustle – boating, fishing and messing about on the water are the order of the day. A couple…

WILLIAM PENN’S CITY OF LIBERTY AND LOVE If you don’t know the answer to any questions about Philadelphia just say Benjamin Franklin and 10/1 you’d be right! In his own words he said: “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things…