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Around the Med on motorbike - week three
3:08pm Wednesday 27th May 2009
Today, Sunday 10th May, has been extraordinary in contrasts. Breakfast and a private air display in Aqaba with the Royal Jordanian Flying Falcons courtesy of Vic’s aerobatic contacts, followed by an afternoon in Petra.
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3:11pm Wednesday 27th May 2009
Can it really be a week ago that we were in Petra? Time, the places we have seen and the roads we have ridden are beginning to blur. We have turned left, heading north, the sun on our backs for most of the day, a marked contrast between north Africa and the Middle East. The gritty unpredictability of each day has given way to a more relaxed holiday mood. Gone are the simple roadside cafes we encountered along the full length of the coast where a fresh sheep skin hanging up indicated lamb on the barbeque with a couple more tethered nearby in case we were hungry. Now we are subjected to the unfamiliar trappings of modern life such as menus, knives, forks and alcohol.
Around the Med on motorbike - week two
3:25pm Friday 8th May 2009
THE end of the second week and we have reached Sousa in eastern Libya having ridden 1,600 miles with several long days mainly on B-roads from Batna in Algeria, via Tunis and Tripoli.
Around the Med on motorbike - week one
3:18pm Friday 8th May 2009
One week into the ride, three days of which were spent congregating from our various homes. Eventually, the 'Six Pack' were together for the first time just south of Barcelona. No more comparing equipment and checking lists, this was it. Gale force cross winds, making the ride down to Spain quite dangerous but a delicious lunch, brought us together as a group, with Charlie, the court jester, kitted out head to foot in black leather, courtesy of Harley Davidson.
Cirencester's Nick Laing sets off to travel the Med on motorbike
3:13pm Friday 8th May 2009
RUNNING a travel company means Cirencester's Nick Laing has visited some of the most beautiful places in the world.
Beating the recesssion with bangers
1:44pm Tuesday 31st March 2009
LIKE any self-respecting star-spotter I rarely get out of bed now for a star who isn’t of genuine ‘A’ list quality.
Pests waiting for seed feast
10:43am Tuesday 24th March 2009
BREATHE a deep sigh of relief – I have finally done it. I have put something in the ground other than just a spade.
A sad end for Honey
2:04pm Tuesday 17th March 2009
WEEK begins badly when a routine trip out to feed Honey, the sole survivor of the guinea pigs, reveals an empty cage and run.
Harcombe
10:10am Thursday 12th March 2009
IT¹S CHELTENHAM Gold Cup Week and for once the weather is forecast to be relatively quiet - unlike last year a day¹s racing was cancelled on account of high winds battering the course and the time a snowstorm held up the Gold Cup.
Eau de Hamster in the air
10:39am Wednesday 11th March 2009
EVERYONE seems to agree that the smell of Spring is in the air. In a desperate bid to smell it and escape from the odour of hamster that permeates our house I head to the plot.
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