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Vegas (Part Deux), Mustangs in Death Valley, and Rob Green’s Howler…

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

At a rather sweltering 44°C we arrived back in Las Vegas. That good, we went back. That, and we fancied a crack at Death Valley and needed a decent venue to watch the England-USA World Cup group game. So where … Continue reading →

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Mesa Verde, Four Corners, Monument Valley, and Lake Powell…

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

We were woken in the middle of the night by a crazy sandstorm, which had luckily dissipated by the time we emerged from the van for breakfast. Unfortunately for Winty his tent was not pegged down that night so he … Continue reading →

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Coastal Road Tripping: Big Sur, and San Fran to LA…

Posted on July 16, 2010 by

With hangovers of varying degrees of severity debilitating the group, we treated ourselves to an impromptu and blasphemously crude game of cricket in the campsite’s car park. There was a metal pole for the bat, an empty drinks crate for … Continue reading →

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Las Vegas: Majestic, Absurd.

Posted on June 18, 2010 by

We spent the majority of Thursday in the sapping heat languidly strolling along the strip and perusing the various and multitudinous absurdities of the unrelentingly postmodern city of Las Vegas; it really is such a surreal place that it has … Continue reading →

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Barn Searching in Western America?…

Posted on May 11, 2010 by

Greetings folks… A few years ago I was at school, studying English literature. As you do, obviously. In amongst the historical tedium of Shakespeare, Chaucer and yet more Shakespeare [don’t get me wrong, they have their literary merits, they just … Continue reading →

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