In March 1963 I sailed for the USA on the Queen Mary, to spend the next few months seeing as much of the country as I could, travelling chiefly by Greyhound bus on a 99 dollar ticket for 99 days. America was so familiar from films and indeed history lessons and my route was influenced by both: Washington DC, the amazing recreation of 18th century Williamsburg and then the Wild West, I am the ultimate film buff, so Tombstone, Arizona, the OK Corral...