Due to thunderstorm delays at the Shell Houston Open I asked a number of colleagues where you could spend the day away from the golf course without too much driving

Having previously visited the USS Texas, the NASA Space Centre and last year heading down to Galveston, it was suggested I could pop down to the Port Arthur region.

And while Port Arthur has obviously seen far better days it was the town where Janis Joplin was born and where she went to school before climbing onto the international stage as one of rock and roll’s greatest ever performers.

Here is a selection of photographs taken of his childhood home, the Edison Middle School that was in the process of being demolished and the Gulf Coast Museum where she enjoys centre stage as one of the museum’s proudest exhibits.