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Saturday, 27 February 2010 01:05

Iron Butt day 1

Danny has seen the shape of things to come
After waking up on Saturday morning to the sound of torrential rain on the morning I was to meet Graham Hoskins at the Ace Cafe bike show at the Alexander palace to head off on a 7000 mile journey around the Med. We are taking in 14 countries in 15 days and I was not in any way enthusiastic about hacking down the North Circular Rd. But I did. And got soaked. My phone got waterlogged and stopped working.
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 01:10

Iron Butt day 2

Graham contemplates how best to keep his underwear fresh in high winds
Rain, rain go away come again another day! Driving rain and strong winds: not the most auspicious start but then again what can we expect starting the first European leg of our challenge in the depths of winter. The bad outlook was not helped by a phone/alarm/time zone confusion which had me outside packing up the bike thinking I was very clever and early when in truth I was an hour late and Danny had been too polite to knock on my door.
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Monday, 01 March 2010 22:17

Iron Butt day 3 Danny

Danny Graham and Reshed get friendly
We woke up yesterday morning (on time) and got the bikes loaded up... It was freezing! Whilst having breakfast I noticed a portly gentleman listening to ‘The loud Brits’ talking shop. I looked over and he said, “No, carry on. I haven’t heard an English accent for a while”. He was a Scotsman who had been living in Switzerland for ten years.
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Monday, 01 March 2010 22:10

Iron Butt day 3 Graham

High Spirits are the order of the day
Today is our first with a true deadline. Got to be in Genoa for 3pm to catch the ferry to Tunis. Our route by necessity took us through the Alps – which in the ski season is a significant concern! I had visions of attempting mountain roads which would turn out to be shut and we’d find ourselves with no easy route into Italy.
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 22:20

Iron Butt day 4

Our intrepid explorers integrate with the local
Tuesday morning found us eating breakfast with new Tunisian best pal Rashed and exchanging pleasantries with our waiter, Jalel, who thought he looked like Bruce Willis. Jalel thought Danny was a dead ringer for Will Smith and Graham his was worst nightmare as he was the only one who declared himself atheist - Jalel couldn’t understand why someone would have no religion.
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 22:23

Iron Butt day 5

The guys clowning before the trip
We were due to meet our Libyan guide this afternoon and were waiting on a call from him to confirm a time to meet at the border. Meanwhile, Danny had got up and walked around the house in his t-shirt, base layer tights and motorbike boots to be greeted by the sight of 3 Tunisian builders and Rashed’s dad.
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Friday, 05 March 2010 10:42

Iron Butt day 7

Lazing around as if not a care in the world
First of all, a few apologies. We are getting very intermittent interweb access and v little writing time. For now, we’ve skipped Thursday but here’s a couple more days.... Today can only be summarised with two words. Generosity and Openness – you’ll see what I mean.... Our day starts are slowly getting quicker and more timely. We were away as dawn broke and headed straight out into the desert.
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 10:47

Iron Butt day 8

Really huge people towering over the pyramids
Before I get into any of the continuingly amazing events that this day has seen fit to bestow on us, i have a theory to share on the rules of Cairo traffic. There are only three rules. Rule 1. For any given width of road, there are a number of lanes provided for traffic between the dashed white lines. In addition, the white lines can be used as additional lanes for any vehicle which cannot make its way between them, even though they are only 3 inches wide.
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 10:50

Iron Butt day 9

Another action shot of the lads riding hard across desert lands (or posing again)
I think I’ve become deeply and emotionally scarred by Egyptian driving – i keep feeling the need to talk about it and express my theories. As it happens, this particular theory has proven to be exactly right.
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Friday, 26 February 2010 21:53

The Route

The Route

The Route

Sat Feb 27th

Celebrity send-off from the Motorbike Show at Ally Pally, Channel Tunnel crossing and ride to Reims

250 miles

Sun Feb 28th

Ride through France to Marseille

490 miles

Mon Mar 1st

Ferry from Marseille arriving at 0900 Annaba, Algeria, ride to Tunis or Gabes

130 miles

Tues Mar 2nd

 

Depart Tunis/Gabes early, ride to Leptis Magna (Roman remains) near Tripoli

Up to 5 hours required to cross the Libyan border

483 miles

Wed Mar 3rd

Ride to Ajdabiya

460 miles

Thu Mar 4th

Ride to Marsa Matrough

Up to 5 hours required to cross the Egyptian border)

490 miles

Fri Mar 5th

Ride to Cairo, visit Pyramids

400 miles

Sat Mar 6th

Ride to St Catherine Monastery

370 miles plus ferry

Sun Mar 7th

Ride to Nuweibah - ferry to Aqaba, Jordan

Mon Mar 8th

Ride to Damascus, ride the Kings Highway in Jordan

400 miles

Tues Mar 9th

Ride to Aleppo, Syria

400 miles

Wed Mar 10th

Ride Aleppo to Ankara, Turkey

450 miles

Thu Mar 11th - Sun Mar 14th

Ride Ankara to Calais

Possible quick stops at Istanbul F1 circuit,

2100 miles

 

TOTAL (assuming no-one gets lost and no detours!)

6423 miles

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