Jersey, Turkey and the calm before the storm
I am currently sitting in Pegswood community centre composing this drivel. It is Wednesday 7th June and I am due to leave for my global jaunt on Monday. I am in a curious emotional state of excitement and fear - but I like it. My bus for Aberdeen leaves Newcastle at 0540hrs on Monday and I am raring to go.
I am having a meal with my Mother, gf, cousin and his lass tonight to say goodbye. I had a pint with my Fatha last neet in the ‘clerb’. I visited my three chef brothers in Jersey last month to say ta ta. I sold my car to ‘Delboy’ Johnny English for £50 - the man would sell his Granny for a pint man! - he should be on Alan Sugar’s ‘The Apprentice’. My house sale is having the typical conveyancing delays - problems with the people buying my buyer’s house so that should complete in the first few months I am away (I hope it goes smoothly as I have signed everything this end). I have no possesions except a small tent, sleeping bag, hiking boots and a few clothes which can all fit in my old battered hiking backpack - and that is my life for the forseeable - mint! Nowt else in the world to worry about.
My trip has actually already started since my gf and I have just had a wonderful week in Icmeler, Turkey. We had a relaxing time together treasuring our last moments before we meet again in about 2 months in Shanghai. We went on a mud bath boat trip, we had a go on a jet ski, a massage, a Turkish bath, a Turkish shave (me that is - not her), saunas and even a facial. It was a great week and the Turkish people couldn’t have been nicer. The resort was extremely ‘touristy’ though!
I need to somehow acquire a digital camera since I don’t have one, but I am wondering if I should bother since I am hopeless at remembering to take pics! I suppose I should really.
The next time I write could be from a campsite on the island of Grimsey which is just North of Iceland. Grimsey straddles the Arctic circle so I should see plenty of late night sun there. Or it may be in Denmark on my way to Sweden - I’m not sure. What I do know is that England play Paraguay on Saturday and the next England game I watch I’ll be in Iceland having visited the Shetland islands and the Faroe islands.
Happy camping
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