In 2018 me and my husband set off on our tandem, Martha around North America. Martha is named after the excellent Durham-based DIY band, whose new album is being released by our friends at Specialist Subject Records (who have a shop above Exchange) .

We took photos of every place we stayed for the eleven months of our trip and collected them together into two categories, campsites and non-campsites. They were previously categorisied as ‘campsites’ and ‘homes’ (a very loose grouping to describe the buildings we stayed in, many of which we did not feel as at home in as we did in our tent).

We were extremely lucky and are still grateful for all the people who took us into their homes. We realise how privileged we were to receive such uncompromising hospitality. It made our trip what it was and as well as accommodating us for the night, people in every country we visited went out of their way to help us. We were given (often much needed) ice cold drinks, bread, ferry rides and so much more.

A selection of these are presented below. I embroidered each day’s route on printed photos of these selected images and have them in a frame on our wall at home.

Campsites:

Non-campsites: