Peter Frampton Comes Alive – 37 Years After Rocking Sydney To 2015 In Cleveland.

I felt right at home among the audience last night in the auditorium of the Hard Rock Cafe ‘Live’ Highfield Park Casino just on the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio. The room was packed full of 50 & 60 year old’s and everyone warming to a thrilling two-hour concert by legendary rocker Peter Frampton. The England-born singer is now 65 years and living in Nashville but age was not a factor in an exciting peformance and with Frampton playing all his most famous hits and songs from ...

Welcome To Cleveland – Home To Superman As Bernie Plays A Tune.

Cleveland was founded in 1796 and is the second largest city in Ohio and the 48th largest city in the U.S. The city is located on the shoreline of Lake Eire, one of the Great Lakes. The city is home to the Cleveland Browns NFL team and also to the Rock & Roll Music Hall of Fame. And it’s also the birthplace of comic strip hero – Superman. And the Superman and Rock & Roll theme was present to greet those arriving at Cleveland Airport for for this week’s WGC – Bridgestone ...

‘The Flying Dutchman’ Visits Outer Hebrides.

As one ship sought to sail for the Scottish mainland another tied up at Lochmaddy in the Outer Hebrides. The Flying Dutchman arrived the same day as we were planning to leave. But while our ferry was struck down with mechanical troulbe there was no such concern for The Flying Dutchman that was making a two-day visit to the Outer Hebrides. The former fishing boat was built in 1903 and was fully restored exactly a century later in 2003 and renamed The Flying Dutchman. The Dutch tall ship has 10 ...

Barra & Vatersay Islands Visit – Ferries, Beach Runways, Castles & Memorials.

It was a second visit to the Outer Hebrides but a first to the islands of Barra and Vaterday lying to the south of the island of Eriksay. To reach Barra Island by vehicle it meant catching a 45-minute ferry from Eriksay to the northern-east tip of Barra Island while Vatersay is joined to Barra by a causeway. However the trip over to Barra was capped when an RAF fighter jet emerged from the east flying at incredible speed and right over the ferry.  By the time you heard the roar of the engines ...

Stunning Palace Of Versailles Choreographed Fireworks Display .. Watch The Video.

It was purely by chance we were within the grounds of the Versailles Tennis Club enjoying a ‘sausage sizzle’ evening with the wonderful couple whose house we are renting this week. No sooner had we finished our meal and, as if it had been planned, a spectacular fireworks display began to light up the sky from the Palace of Versailles. The Palace is located no more than a decent driver shot from where we were seated and in making our way back to the house we were drawn, like so many others, ...

Winning German Double – Werner Snitznel & Weiss Beer.

At the end of the 2015 BMW International Open in Munich it was Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal who claimed a second victory in four years. Off the golf course there was two clear winners – Werner Snitznel and the odd drop of Weiss beer. Well if the truth be known it was Werner Snitznel Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and Weiss beers unashamedly on all five nights while in the Bavarian capital.

Magic Munich Sunset Post Opening Day BMW Int’ Open.

The lateness in leaving the Media Center on the opening day of the BMW International Open was rewarded with a stunning sunset on route back into the center of Munich.