Today we rode through Tennessee to Nashville via the Jack Daniels distillery. A number of things became clear: A) Tennessee is a very pretty state – for a long way we rode adjacent to the Tennessee river and through lush countryside on empty roads. Gorgeous. B) Americans are odd drivers, they just don’t overtake you outside of cities. We rode slowly to enjoy the scenery and queues of one or three cars would slowly build up behind us regardless of all the opportunities to overtake. Odd? C) for every ten people in the ‘bible states’ there must be a church, chapel or whatever. If there is a God s/he must spend a lot of time in America! D) the Americans are good at doing tourist attractions – our ‘dry’ tour of the Jack Daniels distillery was silky smooth as have been the other tours we’ve been on. E) Nashville is unreal! It’s downtown centre is just heaving with hen and stag parties, family holidaymakers and couples clearly having a weekend away. It’s also very expensive. This evening we went in a club or two with live music – tomorrow we’ll visit some of the iconic venues.
