Day six.
Well here we are Peeps, I thought it was about time that I let you good folks from Blighty know what we are up to. We had to run the gauntlet of the London Marathon to get out of town, catch a fast ferry to Calais and then drive to Tournai in Belgium for our first night stop.
Our crew CJ and Jim (two burly hard nuts that can curdle milk at a thousand paces) keep us in good order thus ensuring you enjoy yourself erm.......whether you want to or not. These guys are both ex SAS Para troopers, wear shades all the time so you never see the whites of their eyes, sleep hanging upside down and have the look that with just one stab of a little finger in the correct place will ensure you die a horrible death very slowly.
Anyway, after the second morning of aerobics at 5am which is compulsory (apparently), ensures we are all fit enough for some of the more strenuous parts of the trip. Now I’m no spring chicken and can’t see the need for practicing a military field gun race, parading with towels and wash bags each morning in our undies or folding sleeping bags by numbers for what is supposed to be a holiday............but hey ho!
Only kidding folks. CJ and Jim are two smashing blokes who have masses of overland travel experience, very patient and are looking after all of us very well. We all have jobs to do which change four times during the trip, so this leg myself and three others get all the bags off and put them all back again which happens in the morning and each evening. We also have cook duties and I and a different team set up breakfast, prepare a yummy lunch and cook dinner which rotates every five days or so. Cooking is real easy using fresh ingredients and the camp stove wakes out some real heat with some really good chefs already coming to the fore.
The first days travel was uneventful, the crossing smooth and the trip to Belgium didn’t seem to take too long. Our 2nd day we trucked off to Koln or Cologne and walked to three miles to the cathedral or Dom and climbed the 509 steps to the top to get a fantastic view of this fair city. We ate out at a local restaurant, then retired to a bar to saver the great day we have had so far. We are travelled to Bamberg a world heritage city for the night and a day to look at this historic town.
After a days travel we arrived in the Czech Republic still enjoying the great weather, everyone is in the groove and we ate banana pancakes for breakfast. Life just can’t get any better
Well here we are Peeps, I thought it was about time that I let you good folks from Blighty know what we are up to. We had to run the gauntlet of the London Marathon to get out of town, catch a fast ferry to Calais and then drive to Tournai in Belgium for our first night stop.
Our crew CJ and Jim (two burly hard nuts that can curdle milk at a thousand paces) keep us in good order thus ensuring you enjoy yourself erm.......whether you want to or not. These guys are both ex SAS Para troopers, wear shades all the time so you never see the whites of their eyes, sleep hanging upside down and have the look that with just one stab of a little finger in the correct place will ensure you die a horrible death very slowly.
Anyway, after the second morning of aerobics at 5am which is compulsory (apparently), ensures we are all fit enough for some of the more strenuous parts of the trip. Now I’m no spring chicken and can’t see the need for practicing a military field gun race, parading with towels and wash bags each morning in our undies or folding sleeping bags by numbers for what is supposed to be a holiday............but hey ho!
Only kidding folks. CJ and Jim are two smashing blokes who have masses of overland travel experience, very patient and are looking after all of us very well. We all have jobs to do which change four times during the trip, so this leg myself and three others get all the bags off and put them all back again which happens in the morning and each evening. We also have cook duties and I and a different team set up breakfast, prepare a yummy lunch and cook dinner which rotates every five days or so. Cooking is real easy using fresh ingredients and the camp stove wakes out some real heat with some really good chefs already coming to the fore.
The first days travel was uneventful, the crossing smooth and the trip to Belgium didn’t seem to take too long. Our 2nd day we trucked off to Koln or Cologne and walked to three miles to the cathedral or Dom and climbed the 509 steps to the top to get a fantastic view of this fair city. We ate out at a local restaurant, then retired to a bar to saver the great day we have had so far. We are travelled to Bamberg a world heritage city for the night and a day to look at this historic town.
After a days travel we arrived in the Czech Republic still enjoying the great weather, everyone is in the groove and we ate banana pancakes for breakfast. Life just can’t get any better
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