DAY 152
Thursday August 30th
Smithfield, RI to Manchester, NH

Compared to the rest of the country, some of these north-eastern states are really small. I left Rhode Island this morning, drove through part of Massachusetts, and am now in New Hampshire; total distance, 92 miles.

The place names remain staunchly English, but not in any particular order. I left Smithfield, and drove through Chelmsford, Dorchester and Leominster to reach Manchester.

That really was today's agenda; the rest of the time was spent relaxing, messing around in the hotel, and going to dinner. I return to keep an eye on what's happening in the baseball world, as it's an important few days. A couple of days ago I wrote that there were important series in a couple of the divisions; what I didn't realise was that, in five of the six divisions, the first place team was playing the second place team.