Early departure for Grand Rapids and a breakfast stop. We struggle to find diesel and grub - this ain't no tourist town. On to Dearborn for a tour of the Automotive Hall of Fame at the Ford factory - we can't find the similarly-named Motorsport Hall of Fame in nearby Novi, Michigan - has it closed?
On into Detroit through the grungy parts of town - this is everything you ever imagined only worse. Block after block of boarded-up buildings - the only operating establishments seemingly being porn or pawn shops and seedy gentlemen's clubs. Unmissable. We duck over the Ambassador Bridge at the border where Windsor, ON, seems like paradise. More pouring rain as we reach Toronto at 19:00. Quick pitstop for groceries and we are indoors before 20:00.
Listening to Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett: It's five o'clock somewhere; George Jones: White Lightning.
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The Sussex Express reports the sad demise of Uckfield railway station, a victim of public neglect, vandals and the recent floods. The Victor...
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By VIA Rail to Québec City - we have been wondering how average resale house prices in Montréal contrive to be half those in Toronto ($251,5...
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Pic by John Lawrence. One of the highlights of 2015 was kart racing at Downsview, Toronto, at the end of January. Part of a stag night, most...
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