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...

Day One: Arrived in San Francisco (In one piece!) Well one thing is for sure. BA285 London Heathrow to San Francisco is definitely not British Airways' flagship service. Our national carrier must have dragged its oldest 747 out of mothballs to take us across the Atlantic today. Even the inflight entertainment malfunctioned. Mind you, it must be hard getting spare parts for a Betamax system these days! But here we are and thank God the next time we will step on...