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21.October.Day 31.
WELL I SET OFF FROM NACOGDOCHES AT 11.30AM THIS MORNING.
STARTED TO GET VERY HOT AND SO DID I?
3 HOURS LATER THE 2 LANE HIGHWAY SOON BECAME 5 IN EACH DIRECTION AS I ENTERED THE OUTSKIRTS OF "HOUSTON".
JUST WASN'T PREPARED FOR THE SIGHT OF THE CITY SO PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLIGIES FOR THE EXPLEATIVES IN THE FILM ABOVE, BUT IT WAS AMAZING,I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO AWESOME AND HUGE,AND SCAREY.
EVERYBODY DRIVES FULL BLAST, I THOUGHT THEY WHERE OUT TA GET ME THEY WHERE SO CLOSE.
BUT ONCE I PASSED THROUGH "HOUSTON" IT WAS BACK TO 2 LANES.
I HEADED TO "ALVIN" A TOWN CLOSE TO LIVERPOOL AND BOOKED INTO AN HOTEL, DID THE USUAL 2 DAYS,JUST IN CASE I DON'T STAY IN THE AREA.
UNPACKED THE CAR,SET UP THE COMPUTOR,AND WENT TO LIVERPOOL.
DOWN A SMALL ROAD A COUPLE OF MILES LONG,OVER A RAIL TRACK, AND POW! THERE I AM IN THE 4TH LIVERPOOL IN AMERICA.
jUST OVER THE RAIL LINE IS THE "LIVERPOOL STORE"
WENT IN AND GOT A DECENT BAR B CUE BEEF SANDWICH,AND BOUGHT A BOTTLE OF BEER,SPOKE TO THE OWNER A LOVELY PERSON CALLED LEONE HUBBICK,SHE TOLD ME THE STORE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1925 IT EVEN HAS A "HITCHEN" POST FOR HORSES OUTSIDE.
SHE HAD SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN SOUTH AMERICA WITH HER HUSBAND
WHO WAS A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER.
SO AS SHE WAS THE FIRST "LIVERPUDLIAN" I MET I GAVE HER A HAT
SHE TOLD ME THE STORE WAS PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED FROM WOOD THAT WAS WASHED DOWN THE BAYOU DURING THE "GREAT STORM OF 1909" THAT DESTROYED A LOT OF "GALVASTON" (ITS 30 MILES AWAY)
IT MUST OF BEEN SOME STORM?
BACK TO THE HOTEL,I NEED SOME SERIOUS SLEEP,ALL THIS DRIVING STRANGE ROOMS,STRANGE TOWNS. REAL STRANG TIMES.
SO I'M OFF TA BED. SEE YA ALL TOMORROW.
I WONDER HOW THE "PETE BEST" GIG WENT IN LIVERPOOL,SYRACUSE?
I'LL PHONE "PAUL DAVIE" TOMOROW.
NIGHT,NIGHT.PEEPS.
DAY 32, SUNDAY 22 OCT.
I PHONED "PAUL DAVIE" (FAB FIVE)IN NEW YORK.
HE TOLD ME THE "PETE BEST" GIG WAS A SELL OUT.(OF COURSE).
AND THAT THEY WERE STARTING A LIVERPOOL MUSIC FESTIVAL WHICH WILL BE AN ANNUAL LOCAL EVENT, COOOOL.
EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME PRESS AND TV FOLLOWING THE BAND AS THEY WHERE SHOWEN AROUND TOWN BY PAUL AND HIS BAND.
I KNOW THEY TOOK PICTURES AT THE HOT DOG STALL AND MUSEUM WHEN I GET THEM I'LL PUT SOME ON THE NEW YORK SITE.
DAY 33. OCT 23.
WENT INTO LIVERPOOL TOWN AND BACK TO THE STORE,GOT TO MEET A GUY CALLED "COWBOY JOE" WHAT A REALLY INTERESTING MAN, HE USED TO BE A STUNT MAN,CARS,TRAINS,PLANES AND HORSES.
HE NOW REARS AND BREAKES HORSES FOR A LIVING, HOPE TO GO TO HIS RANCH THIS WEEK AND FILM????
WENT TO "SUGARLAND" A HUGE SHOPPING MALL ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF "HOUSTON" I HAD MADE ARRANGMENT'S TO MEET "RON SMITH"
ANOTHER "SCOUSER" WHO WORKS FOR A OIL COMPANY AND HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN AMERICA, YEA, HE'S THE GUY WITH THE OTHER LIVERPOOL PAGE,WITH OUT HIS HELP I PROBLY WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THIS TRIP, (THANKS RON).
WHAT A GREAT GUY, HE KNEW THE HISTORY OF ALL THE LIVERPOOLS AND IS ALSO A MEMBER OF A "TRAM" RENOVATION SOCITY BACK IN MERSEYSIDE, IF YOU GO TO MY INDEX ON THE FRONT PAGE YOU CAN GO TO RON'S SITE. (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED).
WE HAD A BITE TO EAT,WHILE CHIT CHATTING, I ALSO GAVE HIM ONE OF MY RED HATS. IT WAS NICE TO HEAR MY ACCENT AGAIN, MADE ME A LITTLE HOME SICK. BUT THE JOURNEY MUST CONTINUE,NO GOING BACK,ONWARDS AND FORWARDS.
Phil & "Cowboy" Joe Kurtzo.
DAY 34 TUE 24 OCT.
TRIED PHONING "PETE PRICE" (RADIO CITY)LAST NIGHT BUT THE LINES WHERE REALLY BUSY. TRY AGAIN TOMORROW.
GOT TO MEET THE "CHIEF OF POLICE" TODAY HE GAVE ME A SLEEVE PATCH IT SAID;"STATE OF TEXAS LIVERPOOL POLICE" SO I GAVE HIM ONE OF MY HATS.LOOKED REALY GOOD WITH HIS UNIFORM????
HE GAVE LEONE THE OWNER OF THE LIVERPOOL STORE A TRAP,SHE HAS A PET CAT THAT JUST WONT LEAVE HER OLD HOUSE,SO I DECIDE TO HELP OUT AND GO WITH HER.
WHEN WE GET TO THE HOUSE,IN 5 ACRES OF LAND,NEXT TO THE BAYOU.
SHE POINTS OUT HOW LAST WEEK THEY HAD 17 INCHS OF RAIN OVERNIGHT AND THE BAYOU FLOODED MOST OF THE SURROUNDING LAND.
SO OFF I GO FILMING,WOW THERE'S THE CAT ON THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE,WE TRY AND COAX IT DOWN,BUT ALLS IT DO'S IS MEOW?
SO I SET THE TRAP ON THE PORCH?
THEN FROM NO WHERE ,IM ATTACKED BY MARAUDING MOSQUITO'S.SWAT,SLAP,BANG I MUST OF KILLED 20 OR MORE,EVEN LEONE IS AMAZED AT THE WAY THEY PERSISTANTLY DIVE BOMB ME.
THEY EVEN MANAGED TO BITE MY ARSE,YEA RIGHT THROUGH MY DEMIN JEANS, SO I HAVE 15 BITES,FACE,LEGS.HANDS AND ARSE.
THATS WHEN I TELL LEONE I HAVE A SLIGHT ALLERGIC REACTION TO BITES.(I CARRY BUG SPRAY EVEN IN ENGLAND)
SHE SAYS NOT TO WORRY THEY WERE ONLY LITTLE MOSQUITOS.
(OOOOH LUCKY ME) THEN THE BITES START TO SWELL UP,EVEN LEONE LOOKED SHOCKED AS I TURNED INTO "THE ELAPHANT MAN"
SO WE CHECK THE TRAP AND YES WE HAVE A CAT "BUT" ITS NOT THE ONE WE WANTED AND LEONE CAN'T LEAVE THIS NEW STRAY THATS BEEN ABANDONED SO WE PUT IT IN THE CAR,AND SET THE TRAP AGAIN.NO BUGS THIS TIME, I THINK THEY HAD HAD THEIR PHIL (FILL)sic
BACK TO THE SHOP FOR ANTI-HISTAMINE TABLETS & CREAM,OH AND COFFEE.
I START TALKING BROKEN BISCUITS BECAUSE OF THE TABLETS & BITES. YEA ANOTHER WEIRD REACTION,YOU WOULD THINK I WAS DRUNK.
THE "LORD MAYOR" AND 2 OF HIS FREINDS CALL AND BY 9 PM HE HAS CONVINCED ME TO STAY FOR THE HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL THIS COMING WEEKEND.
THEY TELL ME I CAN HELP MAKE A "BRISKIT ROAST" THIS IS HUGE CHUNKS OF BEEF 30ins AROUND THATS COOKED FOR ALL THE TOWN.
COOOOL,
SO I GIVE THEN "RED HATS" AND THEY GIVE ME A "PALM" HAT ITS
SMART,AND IF IT GETS TOO OUT OF SHAPE ALLS YA DO IS DUNK IT IN A BUCKET OF WATER AND RESHAPE IT.GOOD AS NEW.
WELL I BETTER GET BACK TO THE HOTEL AND NURSE MY WOUNDS.
Leone,Maker of the BEST Hot Beef pannini in Texas.
Weaver,The Rodeo Star.
DAY 35 WED 25 OCT.
WELL MANAGED TO GET A CALL THROUGHT TO "RADIO CITY" BACK IN LIVERPOOL ENGLAND SPOKE LIVE ON AIR TO "PETE PRICE' HE'S A GREAT GUY,VERY INTERSTING,WITH A CUTTING WIT.BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST 2AM IN MEREYSIDE HE PROBLY ONLY HAD 32.000 LISTENERS.
NORMALLY THE WHOLE CITY LISTENS TO HIS SHOW,HE'S THE MAN.
TOLD HIM ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE HERE IN "TEXAS" AND THE "MOSQUITOS" AND THE "BRISKIT ROAST"
MADE ME FEEL HOME SICK.
DAY 36 THUR 26 OCT.
JUST HAD A PHONE CALL,A NEWS REPORTER WANTS TO MEET ME IN LIVERPOOL LATER TODAY. I'LL LET YA KNOW WHAT HE SAYS?
JUST SPENDING THE MORNING UP-DATING THIS PAGE.
Phil,Kirsty and Heath.
kirsty won this hat at the fire station.
