Archive for September, 2007
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Home…
… ahhh the wonderful constant warmness that is a shower that works. The amazing one touch bliss of Sky TV, and the soothing pleasure of a computer monitor and keyboard in English… it can only mean one thing.
I am home.
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
The ups, downs…
… and everything in between.
I’m sat in a little cafe on the harbor front at Dieppe. Wonderful little place that sums up France perfectly. It’s full of locals chewing the fat, drinking extremely strong coffee, with extremely strong cigarettes, whilst a dog sniffs around their feet being greatly ignored by all but me.
Other locals […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
The final stretch
Well this is it, the last but one post on the road. I’m playing with the idea that once I’m back in Britain it’s hardly ‘on the road’, but I’m going to get every last post out of this blog!France was a delight again, even when you take into account that in Northern territory the land is […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
People are wonderful
I had decided that this trip was going to be a solitary one. I’ve not been approached by anyone who wasn’t after something, and the people I’ve approached have either recoiled in horror at this massive Welsh man or thought I was after something.
So last night came as a pleasant surprise. As Ted Simon says […]
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Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Thank you.
This being the first time I’ve managed to log on since Morocco I just wanted to say thank you to the people who have left comments for me on the time to come home post.
Firstly, Louise, I’ll be collecting that hug so be prepared.
Stace and Patrick, thanks for the support guys I couldn’t have done […]
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Saturday, September 15th, 2007
France, really?
850 miles to Dieppe. Easy enough, 400 today then the balance tomorrow. The budget has got a bit tighter as I realise I’ve left my credit card at home and I plan how to get to Dieppe in the most fuel efficient, toll efficient way. Fortunately it’s easy. Via the toll roads it’s 890 miles, […]
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
Heading for Europe, the tea incident
The rest of the journey back to Tanger was pretty un-eventful, if you don’t count the traffic trying to kill you. Bought my ticket home easily enough, then filled out the customs forms and managed to side step the ‘helpers’ at the ferry gates, wanting to smooth my way through the various formalities.
It’s actually very […]
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
It’s harder getting in than getting out
Off the ferry and onto the open roads of Spain! Or so I thought. Nope, this being the Morocco ferry much messing around in customs as every single car and van is searched from top to bottom. Several drug dogs on duty and I resist the urge to give them a cuddle and play tuggy with […]
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
Spain is wonderful
I don’t know if it’s just the feeling that I’m getting closer to home or if it’s the perfect weather, either way I feel like I’m walking on air. This side of Spain is wonderfully beautiful, I’ve decided to head straight up the middle via Madrid then up to the French border over the foothills […]
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
It had to be true
The drive back to the coast last night was stunning. The countryside really opened up, I got out of the way of the cities and just enjoyed the wonderful views and vistas across and out to sea or up into the Rif mountains.
I was on the brink of changing my mind again when I pulled […]
