North America 17      A very nice bus ride     Well I'm back, I decided not to lose my head over a dead tree, at least until I visit Iran. Before I " move on " just to remind you that only four percent of the original Coast Redwood...

         North America 16   Something to Pine over   I'm now in Humboldt County, home of the giant Redwoods, and a refuge for Hippies from the sixties. The post sixties Band, All About Eve, did a very nice number about us chaps. Flowers in Our Hair www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAWyJXBJRqQhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dmm7hzWEZtQ I'm...

North America 15   Tony in Wonderland, naturally      Just got this very interesting piece from a chap I met on the bus. Hi Tony,I hope you're enjoying your travels. I have attached my academic paper to this email, which explains my concept of Neighborhood Urban Agricultural Hubs.  Ron.  ...

North America 14   Read with a little Weed   i was warned about the chocolate, it takes a few hours to take effect. But the sun broke through, the pines finished their breakfast, and the poppies offered themselves to the bees. Coast Radio was really getting in gear, but the...

North America 13    CC Rider is alive and running.   I'm waiting for what must be the most famous bus in blues music. The route is from Santa Rosa to Fort Bragg a three hour journey http://youtu.be/-7R-ck2LRWo .its about a lady of the night, but I better not go there either. Interestingly,...

And that's just the Afters, the main courses " are out of sight" North America 12    Life at a Californian Buddhist Monastery   Up at 5am for forty minutes meditation sitting , my sweeping chore, and breakfast where we were entertained by William a multilingual fifty seven year old ex diplomatic corps...

North America 11    Sam Harris misunderstood    Listening to a Sam Harris podcast, sipping a Latte in a lovely Coffee Shop before I enter the hallowed confines of Abhayagiri Monastery, sister one to Chithurst.                 But before I got there, I bumped into...

Little people dressed up as pre- revolutionary Russians, not those nasty ones that came after. Even though they defeated the German Army! North America 10   The Russians were here and they're Coming back!   I'm having breakfast in the very smart Jenner Inn (eat, rest, love) the musak is playing...

North America 9   Is this what's it all about?   Finally departed the indecently hospitable cafe, having shopped at the store across the road for: goats cheese, bread, tin of tuna, raisins, and prunes enough to last me a couple of days. The camp sites in Ca. Can cost up...

A house in the trees just outside Fairfax built in 1980   North America 8    The Start of the Beginning    I've just had a disaster this entry has got lost in the ether. I'm sitting having breakfast and according to a lady here we're in a black hole. Anyhow...

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The ultimate high tec. cycle at the Silicon Valley museum  North America 7   Half of the day and all of the night. ( girl I want to be with you)   Waiting ( but not tired ) at the Depot for the 510pm Coast Starlight bound for LA, though I'm...

Get up nice and close whisper in her ear your beautiful and leave   North America 6      A nice place to be   I had to drag myself away from the Servas family Ronie Ray the Tai Chi master had such insightful things to say about human nature, but...

             North America 5   The Pick Up    Dawn hasn't broken yet, I'm lying quietly listening to the sad sound of the freight trains klaxon and hoping that the bike is what I expect.  To calm my jagged nerves I delved back into Ray Davies...

        North America 4          Entraining to the Land of Oh My Guouod  ALL ABOARD the Cascades   Went with my hosts to some friends dinner party, everyone behaved immaculately. Canadians seem to have a quiet modesty about them. Makes me feel a little gross....

This is the outfit that is fitting me up with my new mount that I've come 6000 miles to collect         What do you do on a Friday?Bike Friday Newsletter #72May 2015           May is BIKE MONTHShare the Joy of CyclingBike Friday Owners Earn...

North America 3           The Skylark has landed.   I must mention another movie I watched Whiplash . My dad was a drummer and he had a gig in a famous night club in the West End , and a few weeks later it received a direct...

North America 2    On Board the Canadian Skylark   Just before I left home I found another fairly Green ( new and mindful )  blog www.mindfulriot.com A  peddling feminist ,not piddling , I hasn't to add , whose syntax is more twisted than mine. I think she lives in Baltimore ,...

North America  ( 1 )                             Getting it Together When you decide to travel independently of agents or groups, the planning becomes a creative, exciting experience. Now that we have the Internet at our finger tips, it's amazingly...

April Happenings part 8   Birthday Menu Being a bit of a foody and having my brother around , the birthday tea became quite high, though hash brownies weren't offered. But here is a list of what was. ( this should interest my son, making hay/wine in NZ )  Breads: Rye-wholemeal-fruit...