Well, I guess this is going to be my last blog of the trip and so I will continue from where Andy P left off aboard the Transiberian Railway as the train pulled out of Ulan Ude and headed west across the vastness that we now know Russia to be. The train journey itself was […]
We are on the last leg of the rally. We are heading north to the Russian Border and plan to cross it tomorrow morning and then onto Ulan Ude and the finish. It feels to me like I am approaching the end of a very special event in my life. Something that has been a […]
Firstly just let me correct something in Andy P’s last blog regarding sponsors. Alec Nimmo of CRM Motors Auchenheath was the person who carried out a routine service on Bluebell for us prior to setting out so thank you for that Alec. Town and Country garage in Truro did a final ‘health’ check and donated […]
Firstly, can I thank all of you who have donated money to our chosen charities via our Justgiving page. Initially I tried to thank each person individually, but time has got the better of me these last couple of weeks as we have grappled with long days at the wheel and long waits at the […]
We have traveled a long way and crossed Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and part of Kazakhstan since my last blog so I will give you a brief and potted version of our travels to bring you partly up to date. Turkmenistan is clearly a country where power is concentrated at the centre and the people are expected […]
I wrote this on Saturday 6th and this is our first access to wifi since then. We are now sailing across the Caspian Sea and the memory of five days we spent in the blazing sun in Baku Port car park is already fading and being put into true perspective. In a week’s time when […]
Well it is 7.45 pm and Andy P and I are in Starbucks, Baku, just across from the port, making use of their wifi, air-con, the toilet, and occasionally buying a coffee. Meantime, I’m preoccupied with wondering if I dare sneak into the loos and use the hand held bottom washer to take a complete […]
Firstly, let me reassure all well-wishers out there that I am recovering and not to believe everything you read in the papers. No chicken products were purchased or consumed by either of us. Ha ha, it makes for a good story though. It has been a testing day or two over here in Azerbaijan. We […]
We chugged into Baku around 5 pm yesterday having spent the previous night in the Ramada Plaza hotel enjoying a little bit of luxury and a buffet breakfast to be proud of. Whilst I was loading Bluebell 2 with the luggage an Azerbaijani family came over to talk to me. The daughter was in her […]
We are now in Tbilisi, Georgia and what a great couple of days we’ve had. In Andy P’s last blog he left us stranded on the Turkish/Georgian border somewhere after midnight but in good company with some fellow ralliers, a trombone and a case of Fosters. The Fosters and trombone kept us amused for an […]
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