6 Sept 65 : Beauty and bears : Yosemite National Park, California

'There is a fabulous crystal clear river which starts high in the mountains, and our campsite is quite near to the edge...'

13 July 65 : They make it hard to leave America! : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"The things one has to do to leave this country are fantastic, and it's doubly complicated when they hear that I am leaving the country twice in a short space of time..."

31 May 65 : Post problems, heat and mozzies : Mobile, Alabama

"We get the same old jokes about tea, the Beatles, and 'old chap' - these are regulars but the favourite is that we drink 'hot beer'..."

23 May 65 : Visiting the home of President Jefferson Davis : Montgomery, Alabama

'We had a dip, and then sat in the sun, each reading a book called 'Advice to Investors' just like a couple of playboy millionaires!! Nobody would think that a few months ago we were picking up fag-ends for a living!!'

13 May 65 : Fun and fear in motel pools : Gadsden, Alabama

Today in 1965, Tony recalls pool games - and a terrifying moment: "Doing a breast stroke, I felt my elbow hit the side of Colin’s head... when I surfaced I saw Colin clutching his ear and yelling in agony..."

05 – 06 May 65 : A quiet week – general chit-chat : Gadsden, Alabama, USA

A quiet week in 1965, with heat and missing pay cheques: "The accents down here are amazing - it's almost like another language and very often I can't understand them."

30 April 65 : Hitting the US headlines : Bristol – Virginia/Tennessee, USA

Today in 1965, Tony and Colin are on TV! "When the news came on - they mentioned a few highlights of the news, and they mentioned us, and then a few minutes later did a very long piece on us with a lot of film of us and a spoken commentary.... We were amazed as to how much time they gave us and decided we must be quite important!!"