According to google maps I was 2600 miles from home this morning now in Pamplona I only have a little less than 1100 miles to go. I am going to miss Lidl which was just around the corner, for their croissants and their Perlenbacher beer at 70p a litre and of course the advantage of being able to swan around in shorts and T shirt in December.
Tomorrow I leave Spain for an unhurried drive through France stopping at Tours and Calais and the plan then is to catch an early ferry to Dover on Tuesday 20th so that will give me plenty of time to get home that afternoon.
This trip has given me lots of time to think and also to refer back to my comments over the past three years. I agree with what I said after my last Iberian journey (why didn't I listen) solo extended touring is not all it is cracked up to be and no I will definitely not be buying a property abroad unless something outrageously cheap becomes available in Cyprus. I was thinking of doing a round the world trip to take in the British Lions tour to New Zealand next summer but it was getting silly if I had included everything that came to mind I would have been away for four months and I know I would not have enjoyed that at all. So if I do go to see the boys play it will probably be for only four to five weeks and I will call in to see Gill (my sister) and visit the parts of Australia still on my bucket list. The other parts of the RTW trip can become separate holidays or mini tours and if Saga can do them cheaply enough then that would be a bonus.
Well that's it I will be home for nearly five weeks so that should give me time to lose the paunch and get fit again, then maybe I can put a few walks on in February and March.
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