Washing up (Music)
Okay we're on our big walk from Rick's place. Rick thank you very much mate No worries I'm really looking
forward to this walk. I wish you could have come with us. Maybe next time. Yeah Next time
But you might come up and uh be our support vehicle later in the month maybe. We'll see how things go.
Michele's got her bag on I haven't got it on properly but it's on. Now would you like to guess what car we've got
to drive up to Scotland with, you're going to see it's very appropriate, oh maybe not so appropriate.
Here is the car for the drive, take a look at this, I've lost the key, it's a keyless mini
but I don't know what I've done with the key, no I think I've put it in... It's even got union jack.
So Rick, Rick is hoping it's an automatic boot, I would imagine not but let's see.
No I think it's a pull. Still locked, probably wasn't locked before.
So we can't go Rick, we're coming back, can't get in the car. First problem, the boot for our
two bags, I wanted a hatchback but I was so pleased that we got the little
mini I didn't want to sort of like push it but uh we're going to have to put the
seats down and put the bags on the back seats. No just here, we'll pull, that's fine
There we go we'll put that on top Just take that out Yep
Drop that down Put that on there
That's where we'll be sleeping tonight. The adventure begins Michele
adventure begins. Keeps it on. So the bags are in there. Michele's organising the little
minor bits. We're going to miss Rick a lot but uh you know it's time to start the adventure.
They're checking out all the bits and pieces. Off to Scotland.
We've given ourselves four, four, five days to get up there. Which is ample time. We're just going
to meander and then um when we get up there we've got that thousand mile walk back down.
Are we all good...have we.. yeah. Petrol? I don't know what size engine is.
I think it's probably one point... it's the green one thank you Rick.
um I'm not sure what size, I've just driven it here, it's a lovely little car to drive,
very, very nippy. Uh six-speed um manual, haven't driven a manual for a little while but it's,
it's like riding a bicycle just falls back into place. Well they're made by BMW now aren't they. BMW Rick...
It's a Beemmer We've got a Beemmer.
It's a Cooper, it's probably a standard one, pretty, pretty standard
So we just stopped at the lights of the town of Chipping Norton.
Beautiful little towns. Alright Michele, where are we? Lichfield. Lichfield. We're at Lichfeld.
We just put 16 pounds in the little mini. I got a feeling that wasn't as full as, as they reckon it was,
so we'll check that out. We're gonna pop into this big uh Tesco's, get a few bits. It's about
three, nearly four o'clock in the afternoon. We've been driving for uh a few hours maybe. We don't know.
We don't know, we haven't got a clue but uh anyway we're gonna stop and get some provisions.
Okay so mask on, we're in this huge Tesco. I'm loving it, I've got some Savlon, a pound.
Um six bananas 75p. Michele and I were going for the the meal deals they sell here.
Which is three pound for a drink, a snack and um a sandwich but actually it's not that good a deal.
There's so many other great deals in here from the hot counter. I'm loving it. Great place, Tescos.
Every little counts or whatever price matcher they say, oh no every little helps it is as well.
We're uh not enjoying this heavy rainstorm. It's really belting it down since we uh
came out the supermarket. Now I don't like driving in this sort of weather in unfamiliar
uh car and circumstances but anyway we're doing alright aren't we Michele.
We are, look it's coming up blue so we're gonna come out of it soon
It's uh the weather's nicer up north apparently
not grim up north but nicer up north and then the weather picked up and it's lovely and sunny again
Rick there's the amazon depot, it's a big one, it's huge, it's absolutely miles of building. Amazing
oh Lordy, it hasn't stopped raining. We're in the north now, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire..sorry
and apart from a tiny moment, it hasn't stopped raining since we set off from Rick's.
We're being tormented by these rainstorms.
Good morning, good morning to you it's our first morning
look where we spent our first adventure here on the roadside
in the union jack mini. Michele's in the tent, say good morning Michele. Good morning....Just folding everything up
it's about five or so in the morning, the tent's a little bit dewy covered in water.
Out there is a beautiful Yorkshire scene
but I can tell you it wasn't so comfortable last night wasn't so comfortable um we're learning.
We didn't set the tent up properly, it was very late when we decided to stop, so it was dark.
So we didn't set it up but it was fine uh we got a little bit of zed's, I think we'll have
to have a power nap in the day but uh we will get better as time progresses and as we start to
work out exactly where to put what in the tent but yes we're also on a stony ground we should
have gone on something softer but as I say it was late we shouldn't have done it so late but look
the mist is rolling, this field here has been recently spread with cow manure
the cars are starting to come
There goes Murphy's, the vehicles are starting to come it was a noisy road as well it was
uh pretty much all through the night, there was the odd bit of traffic, so it wasn't the best spot to
stop but we we didn't have a choice last night, well we did have a choice but we decided to go
for it and it was fine um anyway so we're gonna pack up. Michele is in the tent at the moment,
she's just uh rolling up the bags and then we'll sort out packing the tent away, do a little drive
find somewhere to have a coffee and somewhere to have some breakfast. Anyway this is it... this is what
it's going to be like for the next two or three months. It's going to be a lot of fun and perhaps
a lot of unusual sleeping places take care see you later.
The sun is rising over there but it's a
really thick mist so uh well that's good actually if that will just crack through because the sky
is looking quite blue it will dry our tent out before we set off. We need a little bit of a dry.
It's very nice in the morning you were just saying that weren't you Michele. We were, just saying....
You were I was just saying it's very nice in the morning to
see this this time of the morning we don't very often see it but it is beautiful We don't often.....
this is not a five o'clock, it's probably six now um that we see very often but I think on this walk
and we did a lot when we were actually traveling through Australia we saw these early mornings
didn't we. We did. When you camp you tend to go to to bed a bit earlier and get up a lot earlier.
Pretty much tend to go with the the sun up, sun down. So as the sun came up this morning
Big slug Big slug there, so as the sun came up this morning we woke up because it was light,
well sort of light.
Washing up
Morning coffee
So Michele and I are in the lovely Berwick-upon-Tweed heading up to Scotland. It's only about two
three miles from here from here. So we're heading up to do our walk from John O'Groats to Lands End
Stop here at Berwick because it's a beautiful little town it's actually the most northerly
town in England. It's a walled town It's a feudal town, there's been lots of battles fought here for
the ownership between the English and the Scots. It currently belongs to England and has done since
I think 1482 but you can correct me if I'm wrong and uh I want to know have you ever seen the rain
coming down on a sunny day because it is raining but it's gorgeous and sunny as well at the same
time but as a rule it's generally been raining the whole drive up here but it's a beautiful town
highly recommend if you're coming up, if you're driving up through the UK, stop off in Berwick-upon-Tweed
it's got lots of history, lots of beautiful buildings. Anyway Michele and I, we are going to
grab ourselves some fish and chips from somewhere or something to eat in a cafe perhaps
and then we're going to head on across the border into Scotland. See you all on the road.
Day two, Scottish border one mile, we haven't had almost, maybe 20 minutes max with
no rain on the whole drive from the south of England, so let's hope it's sunnier in Scotland.