This day occurred as a result of our booking wobble - see previous blog. We therefore found ourselves with a spare day and decided to go to Kentucky - Somerset in particular. Had quite a good drive avoiding freeways and driving along country roads. About 15 miles out of Somerset, the drizzle which we had been experiencing on and off turned into a rainstorm of biblical proportions making visibility virtually nil. Watching the weather forecast shows we are sitt...

Hey y’all. How y’all doing? So we’re in Nashville and it’s the week of the CMA (Country Music Awards) so it’s probably the busiest and most manic week on the calendar. And we chose it! Downtown is a mass of closed roads, sound stages everywhere - and I mean everywhere. Even on the river! And boy is it noisy. And hot. And manic!!! And anything else you can think of This morning we had breakfast at a cafe in our quiet residential neighbourhood. W...

Last night we went to an upmarket restaurant close to the hotel. Excellent food although rather pricy! But hey, it’s only money and we’re on holiday!! Today, we made the 3 hour trip from Memphis to Nashville. Pretty much all on the freeway as there is not a lot to do in between. Arrived in Downtown at about 1 pm and thought we would try and book tickets at the Ryman Auditorium - famous live country venue. We had tried to book online but it wouldn’t ac...

We arrived in Memphis yesterday afternoon after a 320 mile run. A long day but the roads are mainly long straight - and boring! Went to BB Kings for dinner and watched two ‘sets’ - the first being better than the second! Andy had shrimp ‘n grits and Lin had chicken wings. All very southern. Being Sunday evening Beale Etreet which is the central attraction in Memphis was busy, brash and noisy! The modes of dress worn mainly by women made us wonder whethe...

We’ve had some problems. 1. The tailgate of the car failed to lock. The Chrysler Equinox locked all the doors except the tailgate (well spotted Lin) so we decided that it needed to be changed. We finally managed to do this in NO and now have a Virtually new Toyota Highlander, usefully having 7 seats! 2. Another spot by Lin showed that we (Andy) had messed up the dates so we had to leave NO a day early. Whoops! 3. We turned up for a swamp tour we had bo...