The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

Non-petrolheads might like to avert their gaze for the next 24 hours of posts. My planned route for today takes in three motoring museums; The Henry Ford, The Gilmore and the Auburn Cord Duesenberg.

Today was mainly about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. I had a great time perusing the relics of mostly quite recent history. To be in the presence of part of the manuscript of “The Boxer” meant more to me than a serious chap can really justify.…

Just a short trip planned for today. Heading for Dearborn, MI and the Henry Ford museum.

I started the day in beautiful sunshine at my overnight stop in Amherst, NY. There was nothing to tempt me to hang around my same-y, chain-ey hotel, so I called my breakfast nourishment and not entertainment and set off to Niagara Falls.  Like a lot of American locations, everyone thinks they…

It was hard to tear myself from the comforts of last night’s hotel this morning. It was comfortable and the service was superb. The concierges were sophisticated enough to recognise, as all the best European hotels will, that a Ferrari should be parked prominently under the watchful eye of the…

I made it as far as Cooperstown, NY today; arriving too late to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame. I decided to overnight here and visit it in the morning. My effort to find a room for the night online failed for lack of signal, so I bowled up at…

I started yesterday with a splendid breakfast, enlivened by a brief and unexpected political row. The other guest at my B&B, also English, took exception to a remark I made to our hostess about tax rates in Britain. He informed me that it was my “duty” to pay taxes and that…

I rest tonight at Bar Harbor ME. It’s a tourist hot spot in its off-season; a good time to be here in such mild Spring weather. Maine is mine right now, to all intents and purposes. Give me a few more days of acculturation, and I will say that’s “awesome”. Right…

Yesterday was Day 1 on the road. I started gently, covering just over 200 miles from NJ to RI via CT. I stopped by New Haven to wander around Yale University’s buildings for a while and made friends with Winston (pictured) who mooched a couple of bucks and tried hard…