Yes, as a kid, we did it in a right hand drive car, with a union flag on the side. :D Just for fun they'd put me in the passenger seat, not suprisingly really, Americans did a double take everytime we pulled in to a drive-through etc
We went from Maryland to Florida, down the east coast, and back up again, stopping at camp sites. Fantastic.
Why did we have a right-hand drive car? Diplomatic immunity. LOL uncle worked for the foreign office, and shipped his car over when he moved there.
One that might interest you THX1138, when I was a kid (18-19) I was going to take part in a 6 week trip across the Sahara on trail bikes. There was about 8 of us in conjunction with a popular Motorcycle magazine at the time (which one I don't remember), who was going to chart our progress and split it over a couple of months issues (I think It was near 2000 quid each which was a lot back then).
We were to have a land rover/range rover thingy with spare parts/wheels/gas and all that good stuff on it ....anyway about 3 months before it happened the guy who was the main organizer broke his leg badly in a crash so the trip was canceled :(
Still top of my 'damn, that would have been cool' list (well no...2nd on the list...the 2 sisters thing would still be top).
As a side note about 6 months later a couple I knew got shot and killed by guerrillas in Kenya while riding their bike from the southern tip of South Africa to the North.
Not read it, although I've known of the book for a long time.
The Cessna 140 is of similar size/performance to a Piper Cub, except it has side by side seating, and I was alone for my journey.
That must have been quite a trip..any photos?. Well I would deffo put that book on your read list.....very good read indeed and I am sure you will appreciate it having done something similar yourself.
I suppose if you swing by Indiana I could give you some of my booze :D
The wife has her dopey mates come over here all the time so she couldn't complain if I housed a WoSser for a night or 2 (and if she did she'd be feelin' me pimp slap :lol:).
I suppose if you swing by Indiana I could give you some of my booze :D
The wife has her dopey mates come over here all the time so she couldn't complain if I housed a WoSser for a night or 2 (and if she did she'd be feelin' me pimp slap :lol:).
nice one, at this rate i don't need accom i can just mooch off US bound specchums. :)
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Not read it, although I've known of the book for a long time.
The Cessna 140 is of similar size/performance to a Piper Cub, except it has side by side seating, and I was alone for my journey.
One that might interest you THX1138, when I was a kid (18-19) I was going to take part in a 6 week trip across the Sahara on trail bikes. There was about 8 of us in conjunction with a popular Motorcycle magazine at the time (which one I don't remember), who was going to chart our progress and split it over a couple of months issues (I think It was near 2000 quid each which was a lot back then).
We were to have a land rover/range rover thingy with spare parts/wheels/gas and all that good stuff on it ....anyway about 3 months before it happened the guy who was the main organizer broke his leg badly in a crash so the trip was canceled :(
Still top of my 'damn, that would have been cool' list (well no...2nd on the list...the 2 sisters thing would still be top).
As a side note about 6 months later a couple I knew got shot and killed by guerrillas in Kenya while riding their bike from the southern tip of South Africa to the North.
That must have been quite a trip..any photos?. Well I would deffo put that book on your read list.....very good read indeed and I am sure you will appreciate it having done something similar yourself.
The wife has her dopey mates come over here all the time so she couldn't complain if I housed a WoSser for a night or 2 (and if she did she'd be feelin' me pimp slap :lol:).
nice one, at this rate i don't need accom i can just mooch off US bound specchums. :)