Day 00: From DC to NYC
After a great week in Washington DC, we catch the AmTrak, ACELE, to NYC. The train trip allows me some time to reflect on the year behind us. RSPCA has...
2011: Washington DC
29 July 2011 - 2 August 2011 Having spent two weeks in New York some nine months ago, an opportunity presented itself to visit Washington DC. Could we squeeze in...
Day 09: Good-bye, good-bye good-bye
Our last day in New York. What a trip it has been. Today we walk to Central Park for one last visit and enjoy the beautiful surrounds and tranquility of...
Day 08: Stranger in this town
We headed down to the Flatiron district this morning. When we arrived, I looked up and saw for the first time the Flatiron building, with the dun high overhead and...
Day 07: Stop
Today we ventured downtown, to where 5rth Avenue starts, at Washington Square Arch and Park. The weather was magnificent, with the sun shining and a light cool breeze. The Park...
Day 06: Fleeting glimpse
Today architecture is high on our list. We get up close to the Empire State Building and then walk along 5th Avenue back to Pershing Square and admire Grand Central Terminal,...
Day 05: Go to the show
It’s very overcast today, there is a threat of rain, but for now the cloud cover holds its away. We head downtown to the Brooklyn Bridge and the financial district....
Day 04: Lights. Turn on the sound effects. Action
Finally, the day is here. The real reason we are in this fair city. Roger Waters. I’m excited, Mardi is not fussed. It’s just another day for her in New...
Day 03: The pain lingers on
Today we did Central Park proper. We’d read about a number of things before visiting. The Imagine memorial for John Lennon, a sneaky hidden panther statue call Still Hunt, Bethesda...
Day 02: Is there anybody out there
We decided to experience the city from up high, explore the Rockefeller Centre and after dark took the ride up. From high up you get such a different perspective. The...
2010 Washington DC
1 October 2010 For some reason we thought catching a bus at midnight to Washington DC from Manhattan was a good idea. An even better idea, we thought, was to...
Day 01: That space cadet glow
Our first day in Manhattan is a whirlwind. We wake up and have no idea what to do, where to go, or how to get to where we have no...
Day 00: So ya, thought ya, might like to, go to the show
In late 2009 Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) announced a tour of the USA where he would recreate the classic Pink Floyd shows of 1980/81 featuring the seminal album The Wall....
2006: San Francisco
March 2006 After we finished with animal shelters, we headed back to San Francisco to fly home. We only had a stopover, but used it to its full extent, arriving...
2006: Denver
March 2006 We flew from LA to Denver to visit a couple of modern animal shelters. We'd made quite a few contacts before the conference and firmed up plans for...
2006: Hollywood
March 2006 We took a day after our conference in LA to visit Hollywood. We did all of the usual things people do with limited time. We walked the strip,...
2006: Los Angeles
March 2006 The real purpose for our visit came around after some great learning experiences in San Diego. In LA, we were attending the Humane Society's annual animal welfare conference....
2006: San Diego
March 2006 As part of my role as CEO of RSPCA ACT I was given the unique opportunity to visit America in 2006 and visit a number of animal shelters...
2004: Orlando
June 2004 After playing cricket for almost 25 years and retiring I wanted to get back into sport. I’d loved ten pin bowling my whole life, in fact I’ve bowled...