In New Orleans, a friendly chap named Dennis had told us about flooding in Texas. As we were on route to Texas, we thought we’d check out the weather situation. We traveled as far as Liberty, TX from New Orleans where we called it a night and stayed in by far the worse motel of […]

New Orleans is a fun place but turning up on the Saturday of Memorial Day week end was not ideal. Even our Hotel’s Tonight ap that has been our savior so far on the “decent for less” front was telling us we were screwed. Hotels within walking distance of the madness were averaging out around […]

Clarksdale was just meant to be an overnight stop on route to New Orleans. Our friend Sam from London recommended the stop. It’s a really small place but loads of blues and soul singers have come from there and as Sam puts it– “it’s right on the famous crossroads where Robert Johnson sold his soul […]

When we decided that we were going to make this trip, we also decided we wanted to try and make it about more than the just pure self-indulgence (I write that not for a moment trying to suggest that was not the primary motivator!). But we wanted to try and do something positive as well, […]

Perhaps it was being in the presence of the King at Graceland, the smell of Barbecue everywhere in the air, or perhaps it was our visit to the famous Sun Studios, but we really enjoyed Memphis! I think in reality, it’s all about where you stay. We found an excellent art deco building called The […]