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Sunday 1st July - Arriving in London 10 Jul 2007 | 10:36 pm
We arrived back in London on Sunday 1st July and as soon as I got home I found myself sucked back into normal life and work, with the expedition already receding into the distant past! On the trip li...
Some new pics 1 Jul 2007 | 07:55 am
I've finally been able to add a few pics to the last few days blogs - most notably Sanssouci in all its glory - page down to 27 June for a look.
Paris At Last 1 Jul 2007 | 02:26 am
Following much of the route Bourghese took almost 100 years ago from Reims we arrived at La Place de la Concorde ( La Automobile Club de France based in the square as well as the FIA) mid morning. 45 ...
Saturday 30th June. PARIS! 30 Jun 2007 | 10:11 pm
We have Arrived! We left Reims at 7am and, after a bit of backtracking to find the right road out of town, followed Borghese's original route for the last 100 miles to Paris. It was a smooth, if wet ...
Friday 29th June; Olpe to Reims 30 Jun 2007 | 05:13 am
Up at 5am and, after Seb did a check over and I pushed the car down the road to start it (I am glad she starts so well) we were on our way by 6.50. West to Aachen on the motorway, then to Liège by mor...
Thursday 28th June Porters knife sets Austin free. 29 Jun 2007 | 09:34 am
Had to park the 7 in the underground car park near the Branden Burg Gate to avoid a €15 fine if parked on the road. At 0515 the car park was locked, fortunately the hotel porter picked the lock. Anoth...
Service at pit stop. 29 Jun 2007 | 09:33 am
When I stopped here for oil this morning 3 mechanics very interested in the Austin, in exchange for a photo taken by phone the oil was given free of charge.
Thursday 28th June, Rain 29 Jun 2007 | 08:26 am
AM: Miserable day here - on a motorway in driving rain. Couldn't be wetter! PM: 50 miles east of Cologne. Wet, but fine. Evening: At Olpe, a small place for the night, after a 350 mile day - our big...
Wednesday 27th June, Potsdam 28 Jun 2007 | 03:35 am
Pic 1. Cloisters at Sanssouci Pic 2. The palace and its fig terraces Pic 3. Formal gardens. Pic 4. Chinese summerhouse This morning Sebastian went on a hunt for gear oil (to replenish the back axl...
Tuesday 26th June - more 27 Jun 2007 | 06:55 pm
Pic 1. en route, in the rain. Pic 2. The German-Polish border. And see below for newly-added Gdansk photos. We experienced something of what the UK has been having, with the wettest day of the jour...
