Down and Out in Beverly Hills So what happened to the daily blog on Thursday?The last report explained how I'd reached my 17th Hard Rock Café at Universal Studios in Hollywood.Sadly after a bout of food poisoning, that will be my 17th and last.Our day in LA which was due to start with the full Hollywood movie tour and end with dinner at Spago Beverly Hills was totally wiped out. Kath wasn't affected by the way.It took all our efforts to cut our losses and quit ...

After yesterday's meagre offerings by way of a blog - what can we offer you today? We've only gone and made it to Hollywood that's all - Woo-Hoo! Ok, there are two schools of thought here within the touring party. Kath is totally unimpressed with the low-rent motel we are using and I've chosen as our base for the next couple of nights. She has already filled in the Guest Relations card highlighting the flaws. Frayed towel, shortage of pillows etc. Whereas me?...

Carmel 5-30pm: Not the most newsworthy day far of our trip so to blog about. Drove from San Francisco. Went shopping for Levi's and Ray-Bans and arrived in Carmel. Offexploring.com don't have a library picture of this pretty little Californian coastal town so instead I've used a stock photo of its most celebrated resident and former mayor Clinton Eastwood Jr. As I mentioned yesterday, we're heading off to his pub The Hog's Breath and hopefully bump into the bi...

Our last day in San Francisco ended on a real high with tour around the city's movie locations followed by lunch in the beautiful town of Sausalito across the Golden Gate Bridge. The San Francisco Movie Tour is a great way of seeing the city from a Hollywood perspective and it goes without saying that it provides lots of fantastic photo opportunities. From The Graduate in the 60s, the Dirty Harry movies of the 70s right through to more modern classics like Mrs ...

Another glorious day in San Francisco and not a cloud in the sky. Normally when I embark upon a trip like this it's usually the result of months of hard training for a charity bike ride. But this one is purely down to the fact that I work in the travel industry and I can't help feeling that I'm cheating a bit. Perhaps I should call this 'The Guilt Trip'! Thank God this city has an excellent transport system. Everywhere you want to go to is uphill. Fisherman's...