About Hit The Road Jack

Whilst I was living inside a 1997 Plymouth Voyager called Sam (his beautiful buxom behind can be seen below) I kept what was originally a personal diary of my daily adventures across the New World. Each evening, after bribing a brand new Walmart security guard to let us park overnight, I would lie in ‘bed’ (a thin foam mattress stuffed in the boot) and type up the day’s most memorable events. This began as somewhat of a chore, I was always one for starting annual diaries and abandoning the whole exercise by January 4th, but I soon grew to enjoy almost every aspect of the writing process.

At the same time as I was penning these musings, my British-based family would occasionally ask for updates on my health and current location, I also wasn’t great at keeping in touch, and whether I had successfully managed to escape Downtown Detroit with all limbs intact. Deciding to kill two birds with one stone, I started an extremely basic Wordpress blog and posted each diary entry online for all to see.

After several domain name changes, colour scheme swaps, and widget upgrades, Hit The Road Jack has reached today’s iteration. My posts and writing style have evolved, regressed, and, with any luck, evolved again with each additional year of practice and I hope that they are now reasonably readable and moderately entertaining – neither is the case if you’re reading anything circa 2015.

As well as diary posts now numbering into the uncountable, I am also continuing my eternal battle with procrastination for the completion of my first novel, which is based around my road trip to every American state. Should I gain victory, you’ll be certain to see news of it plastered all over this website. All the same, I will continue to write and document my travels for as long as I am able to see a screen, which isn’t long given the current deterioration of my retinas!

Whilst browsing the site, if you have a sudden urge to, please leave a comment on any of my posts, they’re always a pleasure to read and make a welcome change to spam messages from scantily clad hussies or Belarusian bitcoin businessmen, or if you’re feeling really generous sign up for post updates below – no spam, or hussies, involved.

Thanks!