Route 66 Day Six
Sikeston – Memphis – Sikeston The Best Western we stayed at last night offered a free continental breakfast, so of course we had to take advantage of that. Not the…
Route 66 Day Five
Springfield – St. Louis – Sikeston The day did not start very well, I opened the curtains this morning to reveal very heavy rain, after flicking on the weather channel…
Route 66 Day Four
Chicago – Springfield Another early morning today, before we set off on Route 66 I go for a walk to take some photographs of the first Route 66 sign. I…
Route 66 Day Three
Chicago We get up quite early so we have as much time as possible to explorer this city. We go for breakfast in a bakery down the road and have…
Route 66 Day Two
Heathrow to Chicago Got up early (too early) 05:40 to be precise. Got ready and then went outside to wait for the hoppa bus to take us back to the…
Route 66 Day One
Manchester to Heathrow Not much to talk about on the first day of the trip, just a short internal flight From Manchester to Heathrow. Got to Manchester airport in plenty…
MCM London Expo Weekend May 2009
Friday 22nd May 2009
Left work at lunch time and caught the 12:35 train direct from Chester to London Euston after just over two hours I arrived and got the underground to Tower Hill where my hotel was.
I was staying at the Travelodge Tower Hill that I got at the bargain rate of £9 per night during the January sales. The hotel was clean but reception staff at check in was very miserable. Room was adequate but no hairdryer, shower gels, draws, wardrobes etc. I went across the road to a Weatherspoons for fish and chips and then went into town.
Autographica & Collectormania Midlands
Saturday 18th April Got up very early, too early and drove down to Birmingham. This year Collectormania Midlands and Autographica was combined and took place at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole…
Eclipse 2 – Heroes Convention, Northampton
Background
After how much I enjoyed the previous Eclipse event in Northampton I decided to go to the second instalment, this time the guests attending included James Kyson Lee, Dania Ramirez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Alan Blumenfeld and Adair Tishler. There was a lot few attendees this time leading to a lot more guest interaction which was great.
MCM London Expo Weekend
Background
For those people who have seen the occasional updates I add to this site will know I am a big fan of the TV series Heroes and I have attended a few events to meet and get their autographs, well this weekend I went to London to meet five of them, four from the new season 3 and one original member. As well as attending this event I also, as usual went to the theatre and visited a museum.
Florida Holiday – Day Sixteen
Kennedy Space Center The Cape “Then and Now” Tour Kennedy Apollo Saturn V Center The Astronaut Hall of Fame Disney’s Boardwalk Resort Epcot Chefs De France
