This blog will trace the voyage from Teddington in the UK to Riverhead in New Zealand by Tasha, Bex, Rachel and Ivan.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

A last drive in the Joint.

And so we say goodbye to the Joint, our little home and transportation for the last three months. The final drive was from Deeping St James to Hull, but not until Rachel, Bex and Tash had spent the day before emptying, cleaning and fixing her up. Screwing and gluing back on all the bits and pieces that had fallen off during the journey.
Fairly uneventful drive back to Hull followed by a fundamentally uninteresting bus-train-train ride back to Peterborough. Interesting observation, I am convinced that a big reason why there is so much traffic on the roads in England is because the public transport is so expensive. There is a lot of it around and it is generally comfortable and ontime enough, but it is just ludicrously expensive having caught trains too and from London and Peterborough and now down from Hull.
Fortunately the drive to Hull was just long enough to get through to the end of Around the World in 80 Days (he made it, but I guess you all knew that).Even had a chance to listen to the opening of Paradise Lost (which inspired the triology from Philip Pullman - the Northern Lights etc.).

2 Comments:

Blogger JohnInKew said...

Hey there-

What a great narrative of an unbelievable trip. And the blog format meant I could dip in and catch up whenever I wanted.

The main effect? Sheer, generous helpings of envy and inspiration. Makes me ashamed I'm not getting over to the mainland more often. But decided to take a chance offered to go to Mallorca for Christmas after being inspired by your cool tripping.

I think you've already made or started the BIG trip home. Good luck to everyone.

John

12:11 pm

 
Blogger ann michael said...

Ivan -

I'm with John on this one (Hi John!!!). It has been so much fun peeking in on your trip - great stories, great pictures, and neat adventures. It makes me want to run away from home (more than usual)!!!

Ann

5:42 pm

 

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