14th April "That even when the country shows its ugliest side, the rest of the world cannot look away. It is the strange soft power of...

12th April After Columbus I’m on the 82 briefly before continuing on the much quieter 50 which after crossing Alabama's State Line...

11th April It must have rained hard overnight because the car park is a lake and the fields small seas with copses of trees as islands....

9th April Lake Village lies on the curving shore of picturesque Lake Chicot, a 20 mile channel long since abandoned by the River...

8th April There was one solitary cafe on the 83 in West Crossett. The girl had been there in the town all her life and said she was happy...

7th April 82 East is a dream road. Hardly any traffic, an ambivalent condition to making it a great road but it is 1625 miles long and...

5th April County Road 7532 runs along the 82 east and the gravel trail. The road is easier on the tyres on tarmac. I’m super spooked by...

3rd April At a housing complex called Villagers Twin Lakes Pet and Spa, and I had a fabulous wind but uncertain line of travel. Roadworks...

2nd April 9.30am start. Wind from the north hurling its force across me as I travel east. The benefit of the wind has blown away and I...

1st April Same state trooper, different location but I recognise the wave. He was slunk back in his seat, I think his eyes were closed or...

30th March There is a back road out of Roswell which separated by several large fields of early spring grasses, maybe potato, this route...

31st March Tahkone. It’s hard to find redeeming features in an otherwise featureless plain. Tahkone was a little more prosperous then...