On the road again

Tuesday 20 August 2024

Picture us driving off down the road singing away to our favourite Willie Nelson song.

It's the "Goin' places that I've never been" that always excites us and this latest trip will be no different as we plan to travel through northern Greece and, fingers crossed, into Albania - places we haven't been to before. On our big road trip in 2013 we had hoped to venture into Albania but running out of time, money and insurance cover meant we didn't make it back then (see Homeward bound blog post from Aug 2013).

Some of the roads are quite familiar to us as we used to drive out to Turkey when Dave & I managed a yacht charter business for 6 years in Bitez, near Bodrum in the mid 1980's. 

Around March each year we used to leave the UK in our lovely Rover SD1 with it's powerful 3.5ltr V8 engine, its huge boot stuffed with all manner of boat bits (toilet seats, winches, autopilot spares ...etc etc). By sharing the driving, 4 hours on and 4 hours off, we used to complete the 2500 miles in 2 VERY long days. We would catch a few hours sleep and a hearty breakfast in a motel on the outskirts of Ljubljana which was then part of Yugoslavia. 

We will take the drive out a little more sedately this time planning to do it in 4 days stopping overnight in Germany, Serbia and in northern Turkey before meeting up with friends who live near Bodrum.

So if you're interested in our latest trip please check the blog out every now and again to see where we've been - Kath & Dave