GoldWings North West » north http://www.goldwings-northwest.org.uk For Wingers in NW England Mon, 14 May 2012 16:31:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Billy Connollys Route 66 http://www.goldwings-northwest.org.uk/news/billy-connollys-route-66/ http://www.goldwings-northwest.org.uk/news/billy-connollys-route-66/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:15:32 +0000 Bob http://www.goldwings-northwest.org.uk/?p=8138 article 2029926 0D906D5A00000578 581 484x383 Billy Connollys Route 6668 year old funnyman Billy Connolly has filmed another of his very entertaining travelogue programmes for ITV1, this time riding a trike along America’s most famous highway, Route 66.

Famous for his personal world tour series and tramping around naked in the snow in Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World, the comedian has put together a peaktime series, Billy Connolly’s Route 66. Billy will be riding what looks like his Boom trike, similar to the one he rode around Australia a few years ago and will take his banjo with him as he explores US history and music along the famous trail from Chicago and St Louis, through MR Billy at the Cadillac Ranch Billy Connollys Route 66Oklahoma and Texas to Los Angeles.

Connolly said: “Travelling Route 66 has always been a lifelong ambition. It brings together some of my favourite things – my trike, my banjo and America. The ultimate road trip.”

Billy Connolly’s “Route 66″ is on ITV 9:00pm from 15th September. Not to be missed, if only for the trike.

Read more about the series and the trike crash that broke several ribs and gashed Billy’s knee causing him to he admitted to hospital here

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