I finally got home at 2:30 GMT after setting off at about 5:30 CET, a whole 22 hours later and its fair to say that I am some what short of energy! In that time we managed to pass through 10 countries (thanks TomTom and Dicky) and cover over 4500 Kilometers (that's 2800 miles for all the imperialists).
Today I managed to clock up my 11th country as I passed over the border between England and Scotland, adding a further 230 miles to the total journey.
Anyway, thank you all for a great weekend.
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
Home, at last
Well, I'm back. Had a fairly uneventful flight, two movies & lots of sleep. Just waiting for my bags (scooted past all the queues with my APEC card so I'm the only one through). Now all I've got to do is clear customs, find my taxi, and head home for a shower before going to work.
Can't wait to look through all the other photos. I'm sure there'll be some funny shots in there.
So that's all from me. This fantastic weekend has come to an end, and now it's back to reality. Thanks to everyone involved for making it so much fun. Cheers!
Can't wait to look through all the other photos. I'm sure there'll be some funny shots in there.
So that's all from me. This fantastic weekend has come to an end, and now it's back to reality. Thanks to everyone involved for making it so much fun. Cheers!
Photos anyone?
I've started to upload the 1600+ photos that were taken over our weekend break. As there are so many I'm just going to post them all, rather than worrying about adding the "out of focus" stickers.
You can find them at http://picasaweb.google.com/idxxphotos. If you would like any of them in their original full size resolution then just ask.
And if you would like any removing, make your request and we can all take a vote! ;-)
You can find them at http://picasaweb.google.com/idxxphotos. If you would like any of them in their original full size resolution then just ask.
And if you would like any removing, make your request and we can all take a vote! ;-)
Just one more flight
And I'm off! The "Queenstown" aka tail number:ZK-SUI is my ship tonight, setting sail for the sunny shores of Auckland, New Zealand. I'm looking forward to a good sleep on the way. My seat is about a million times better than the last one. Not looking forward to work in the morning ;-)
See you in about 12 hours for what should be the final post (of my end) of the trip!
See you in about 12 hours for what should be the final post (of my end) of the trip!
Back in LA
Well I've arrived safely, to the very busy and very hot LAX. Slightly stiff, tired (from only brief bursts of sleep) but feeling very happy for myself that I've been upgraded to Business for the flight home :-) Could have hugged the flight attendant in the Air New Zealand Lounge. I've now got two and 1/2 hours to kill before boarding. Almost three and 1/2 hours before takeoff. What to do...
I might have to go and buy another NZ->US plug adaptor for my laptop so I can use that instead of this public terminal in the lounge. Then I can play with some of the photos that I still have yet to get off the camera.
Very glad to hear that all the lads have arrived home safely, having made the ferry. Hopefully Phil gets to share a nice breakfast with Karen before he has to head out to work in the morning! Dicky has no such worries, of course, being unemployed :-P
I might have to go and buy another NZ->US plug adaptor for my laptop so I can use that instead of this public terminal in the lounge. Then I can play with some of the photos that I still have yet to get off the camera.
Very glad to hear that all the lads have arrived home safely, having made the ferry. Hopefully Phil gets to share a nice breakfast with Karen before he has to head out to work in the morning! Dicky has no such worries, of course, being unemployed :-P
Home, sweet home...
...for me at least. Phil's just left my house for the very last bit of our roadtrip - the 80 mile drive back to Lancashire on his lonesome.
The journey from Dover, with me driving, took the best part of 4 hours due to fuelling, numerous overnight lane closures and a ten minute stop at Watford Gap for more Red Bull. I hope there are no more roadworks to be found over the M62/M66 to slow Phil's journey.
Monday, 8 October 2007
Sailing into the night
Phil and I are just settling down in the Club Lounge ready for a smooth crossing to Dover on the Pride of Kent. Yet again the Priorité tickets were worth there weight in gold as we barely stopped from the border control to being on board at the front of the ship.
We also managed to catch the earlier ferry making the final leg a little bit easier. In the end it was a 14.5 hour drive from Florence to Calais.
An extra turn of speed through Belgium (the best way to head South from Calais I think) meant that our 20 litres of fuel added with 509km to go was only just enough to reach the port. For the last 30km I had to drop the speed to save fuel. We now have about 3 miles of petrol left to make it to a filling station in Dover.
You'll be glad to know Phil's got his car booked in for Friday morning to get the aircon sorted. In the end it wasn't too much of a problem for us, the windows still worked after all.
We'll now switch back to BST, mph and the right side of the road. We're not expecting any problems for the last leg of our journey, again, all fingers crossed.
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