Monday 13 June - the view form the top of Mount Washington, at 6288ft the highest mouton on the US Eastern Seaboard, is outstanding... apparently! Today the view largely consisted of the inside of a cloud or the inside of the ubiquitous gift shop! The Cog Railway built in 1869 climbs gradients of over 35% in places and is suspended up to 40 above the ground. The impact of this amazing feet of engineering is only slightly diminished by the sight of a bevy of Ha...

12 June - morning service at Jackson Community Church - clearly we're not in the Bible Belt here in New Hampshire. Only time I've ever been led in a confession that studiously avoided any element of repentance, forgiveness or absolution, and they tell me the Church of England is too liberal... Interestingly, and somewhat disappointingly, the least friendly and welcoming people we've met so far were the regulars at the church. Generally the New Englanders' friend...

Saturday 11th June - Avoided Portsmouth centre due to today being Market Place Day (with the spoken emphasis very much on the 'place') with all roads shut. Headed instead towards the White Mountains via an amazing circumnavigation of the UK - including Dover, Rochester, Durham, Newbury, Manchester and many more. Wolfboro (pronounced Wolfborrow with the emphasis on the very last syllable) claims to be the oldest American holiday destination and is a quintessentia...

Friday 10th June 9:45pm EST - got us a Chevy the size of a whale and about to set sail... Port Inn at Portsmouth a very welcome haven after 22 hours travelling. Dinner at the Dinnerhorn much better than name suggests - "awesome" seafood! Word of the day: 'arrsum' - meaning really quite good actually

Friday 10 June 14:45 BST - Three and a half hours after departure time and we await the arrival of a replacement aeroplane after someone spotted "superficial damage" to one engine cover on the first plane. Departure board says gates opened for rebounding half an hour ago but the crew are still all sat in the departure lounge with us... Finally get away five hours late - today's going to be a long day!