To the Finger Lakes (remembered from o-level geography) and an overnight in Ithaca



Then through the very green Adirondack Mountains to Lake Placid - in the middle of absolutely nowhere and really very small - I am told they bussed competitors, organisers and spectators in from a hundred miles away (I met a retired Olympic speed skater - there were no olympic size rinks in the US and no world class coaching - so she had to travel to northern Sweden - where they trained on frozen lakes)



To John Brown's Grave (as in "a mouldering in the")



Turns out he was into direct action - attacking a fereral armoury - to get guns to support a slave revolt

Mrs Brown does not look amused