Gavin Dimmock. Writer.

Day 190 – 365 / July 9th 2015 This is the paper used by Goorin Bros, in Nashville, to wrap one of my new hats. I think it is rather lovely in its simplicity and the way it evokes an earlier, simpler but more stylish age from the 1940s or 1950s. I was particularly drawn to…

Day 189 – 365 / July 8th 2015 Don’t let it ever be said that I’m dull and boring. I can prove this by my chosen image for today. What is it you ask? Why, it’s is my new notebook form Leuchtturm, purchased in the Chicago Institute of Architecture, and it is a very special notebook…

Day 188 – 365 / July 7th 2015 The day after we landed home from holiday. Always a low time isn’t it? That “back to work tomorrow” feeling coupled with jet lag. Never good. So, we went to the pub for their quiz night! However, due to all the questions being the wrong ones – that…

Day 187 – 365 / July 6th 2015 When taking a flight I always take a look at the “Aaaah. The plane’s about crash, what do we do? Guide”. Admittedly, it’s a cursory look as I await takeoff. I figure that, in the panic of the plane hurtling to the ground, it will be quite stressful…

Day 186 – 365 / July 5th 2015 It’s always a sad occasion when you are sat in an airport awaiting a plane to fly you away from a place that you have loved visiting. This is a shot of  Nashville International Airport and an empty stand as it awaits an American Airlines flight to take…

Day 185 – 365 / July 4th 2015 July 4th. The Fourth of July. Independence Day. Whatever way you say it, it is a cracking day on which to be Stateside and to witness the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free” as they celebrate their freedom from tyranny and oppression from, disappointingly, us British. But hey ho, the…

Day 184 – 365 / July 3rd 2015 Hats. I do like hats. And boots. Many of you may be aware of my preference for wearing hats, usually a Brooklyn style eight piece flat cap. Along with several (possibly seven or eight at last count?) flat caps, I also have a lovely trilby which I occasionally…

Day 183 – 365 / July 2nd 2015 We flew from Chicago O’Hare this morning to spend the remainder of our U.S. vacation  in Nashville. Having been impressed with the Chicago Hilton we were equally delighted with the Nashville Hilton Doubletree. On exiting the elevator onto our floor, we rounded the corner into a wide and spacious corridor…

Day 182 – 365 / July 1st 2015 At the end of each of our four nights at The Chicago Hilton we went for a swim in the hotel pool on the eighth floor; thankfully our room was on the ninth as I’d have been concerned in case of any leaks. From the windows of the…

Day 181 – 365 / June 30th 2015 We look happy, don’t we? Well, Sarah looks happy; whereas I look slightly sinister. A tad like Dick Dastardly from the old Hanna-Barbera cartoon “Wacky Races”. Quite a nice look, actually. Well, I think so. Anyway, here we are in Chicago and posing in front of “Cloud Gate”,…

Day 180 – 365 / June 29th 2015 Out hotel for the next few days, The Chicago Hilton, is rather swish. Today’s image is of a very nice sign sited at the top of a wide, sweeping staircase from the lobby that leads to, you’ve guessed it, the Grand Ballroom. I looked in vain for a…

Day 179 – 365 / June 28th 2015 We have never flown with American Airlines previously and our eagerly awaited trip to the USA was booked through North American Travel with with them. Out route, according our itinerary planned in August of 2014, was to be Manchester to Chicago followed, after several days in Al Capone’s old…

  Day 178 – 365 / June 27th 2015 Football fans all over will recognise this day as one of the highlights of their year; the day that you collect your season ticket for the forthcoming season is a joy. And for the away shirt to be launched on the same day just doubles your hysteria….