Skip to content
Latest:
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 29 (Comfort Suites Newark – Harrison)
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Amtrak Train Journey : Birmingham to Newark – Over 24 hours in coach)
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Birmingham Alabama – Foot Soldiers Sculpture)
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Birmingham Alabama – Heaviest Corner on Earth)
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Birmingham Alabama – Pies and Pints and My Walking Out)
Walking. Gossip. Travel.

Walking. Gossip. Travel.

Nothing can possibly go wrong….

  • Home
  • LDWA 100
  • Challenges
    • GeoGuessr
    • Good Beer Guide
    • UNESCO World Heritage Sites
    • Wetherspoons
  • Flights and Lounges
  • Accor Hotels
  • Last 100 Posts
  • Contact/About Me

Raleigh

Charlotte Raleigh 

2022 US Trip – Day 11 (Amtrak Train from Raleigh to Charlotte)

November 11, 2022Amtrak, Charlotte, Raleigh, US Trip

After being suitably recharged in digital and technological form at Raleigh railway station, the Amtrak train to Charlotte arrived on

Read more
Raleigh 

2022 US Trip – Day 11 (Raleigh’s Amtrak Railway Station)

November 11, 2022Raleigh, US Trip

After visiting four museums and one of the largest bars in the world, it was time to leave Raleigh after

Read more
Raleigh 

2022 US Trip – Day 11 (City of Raleigh Museum – 1847 Map of Raleigh)

November 11, 2022Raleigh, US Trip

Just to continue the theme following my post of the 1797 map of Raleigh. There was a large fire in

Read more
Raleigh 

2022 US Trip – Day 11 (City of Raleigh Museum – 1797 Map of Raleigh)

November 11, 2022Raleigh, US Trip

I like an old map and this one is from 1797, just five years after the city of Raleigh was

Read more
Raleigh 

2022 US Trip – Day 11 (City of Raleigh Museum – Ku Klux Klan in Raleigh)

November 11, 2022Raleigh, US Trip

I find the civil rights movement in the United States as a haunting, although fascinating, piece of history, not just

Read more
Raleigh 

2022 US Trip – Day 11 (City of Raleigh Museum – Literary Tests in North Carolina)

November 11, 2022Raleigh, US Trip

They were certainly creative in North Carolina in finding ways to limit the black population from voting in elections. Although

Read more
Raleigh 

2022 US Trip – Day 11 (City of Raleigh Museum – Lunch Counters Boycott)

November 6, 2022Raleigh, US Trip

It still seems remarkable to me that at the turns of the 1960s there was segregation at lunch counters in

Read more
Raleigh 

2022 US Trip – Day 11 (City of Raleigh Museum – Yarborough House Hotel Menu)

November 6, 2022Raleigh, US Trip

There are two menus on display in the museum, the one on the right is from the 1950s and is

Read more
Raleigh 

2022 US Trip – Day 11 (City of Raleigh Museum – Some Rusty Old Nails)

November 5, 2022Raleigh, US Trip

Without context, I accept that this isn’t the most riveting display I’ve ever seen in a museum (and there’s a

Read more
Raleigh 

2022 US Trip – Day 11 (City of Raleigh Museum – Sir Walter Raleigh)

November 4, 2022Raleigh, US Trip

I was clearly lax in my reading of the history of Raleigh in North Carolina as it wasn’t until I

Read more
  • ← Previous

Categories

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Latest Posts

2022 US Trip – Day 29 (Comfort Suites Newark – Harrison)
Newark 

2022 US Trip – Day 29 (Comfort Suites Newark – Harrison)

January 29, 2023

I’ve been to Newark before and after 24 hours on board a train, I wanted to get straight to my

2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Amtrak Train Journey : Birmingham to Newark – Over 24 hours in coach)
Birmingham Newark 

2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Amtrak Train Journey : Birmingham to Newark – Over 24 hours in coach)

January 28, 2023January 28, 2023
2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Birmingham Alabama – Foot Soldiers Sculpture)
Birmingham 

2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Birmingham Alabama – Foot Soldiers Sculpture)

January 25, 2023

This site is the ‘fascinating’ (OK, it’s not that fascinating I admit) story of my travels around the world over the last few years. I’m conscious that there is so much more to visit, and I’ll do my best to carry on travelling as much as I can. I wouldn’t take anything too seriously, because I’ve rarely managed to…..

For previous adventures, here’s 2013-2018 and also 2019.

Recent Posts

  • 2022 US Trip – Day 29 (Comfort Suites Newark – Harrison) January 29, 2023
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Amtrak Train Journey : Birmingham to Newark – Over 24 hours in coach) January 28, 2023
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Birmingham Alabama – Foot Soldiers Sculpture) January 25, 2023
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Birmingham Alabama – Heaviest Corner on Earth) January 25, 2023
  • 2022 US Trip – Day 28 (Birmingham Alabama – Pies and Pints and My Walking Out) January 25, 2023

Categories