In the Louisiana swamps and bayous!

We drove out of Texas and started to see sunshine!  Finally the skies had some blue and we could open a few windows.  It took us over three weeks to […]

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Farming and Football- The South (Part Two)

When Robbie was a kid, the first thing he ever won was a signed photograph of Paul Henderson’s “Goal of the Century” when the Canadians beat the Soviets in 1972. The cool thing about it was that it came with a certificate of…

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New Orleans to New Boston..

Patricia left New Orleans early on Thursday morning, and had made the long drive back to Brunswick in Georgia, covering the 1000-odd kilometres in just over twelve hours. I was both surprised and proud of the fact that she had done this with little or …

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Swamp Tour…

We planned our days depending on what information was available with regards to the arrival of the new drive shaft for the Big Fella. Chuck called to advise that the part was not available immediately and would only arrive in New Orleans on Thursday or…

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The Big Easy…

It has been difficult to enjoy myself with the freedom that I might usually do in a city with as great a vibe as this… I have fretted about the damage to the Big Fella, and the cost of it all, something which we never would have budgeted for… Tyres and services, yes, but a [...]

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And the Good News is…!!

With most motorcycle repair shops, including BMW in Baton Rouge being closed on Mondays, I was lucky enough to finally get in touch with Chuck House, a well known repairer of all things on two wheels. I had tried to reach him on the evening that I arri…
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Update from New Orleans…

This last week has been rather challenging… Not only has my “old faithful” laptop given up the ghost for the last time, and been relegated to the dustbin (minus the all important hard-drive, which we managed to save intact), but we have also had to ride in either driving rain...
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