Finally...we're up and running - welcome to the "Mad Med Mog Blog" by Fox Snapdragon (sorry, but needed a fitting name for a female co-driver in a Morgan adventure!)
After a fantastic start on our initial route, the past few weeks has thrown a mighty large spanner into the Morgan works: frustration, hair tearing, sleepless nights! However...in true optimistic British motoring fashion...we're keeping away from all the political / media doom and gloom, we're still departing in May...just not the direction and route we initially planned. We're now heading clockwise from Gibraltar and camping our way along the European coast until we reach the official meeting point of East and West - Constantinople and on reaching the Middle East...well we'll just see how we go.
We could have written a book on 'what if's' with regards to the car / operational front (spare tyre...or lack of it, sand storms, "they do have unleaded in Egypt?" suitable head gear, friendly border 'chats' and "where's that piece of paper you had yesterday?" the air bed going flat, lack of my walking boots, 3 months without a hair cut or hair dryer, etc, etc) but impossible to predict 'what ifs' on all fronts....! If we risk assessed everything, we'd never even cross the English Channel (my god...they eat frogs!) and adventure travel is adventure travel because of the adventures, so we'll drive and camp as much of that stunning Med coast as we can.
First official step - applying for Syrian visas - a really helpful team in the London embassy. Algerian visas are next, Libya we pick-up on the border from our guide and the rest as we go along - 19 countries in all, so empty passports to start and exotic full ones on our return.
Heading up to Leeds and the Ginetta open day this weekend, what a great excuse to explore the Peak District on the way back home Sunday.
