Our plane was on time and we left Beirut at 3:45am bound for Istanbul and onwards to Birmingham.
The flight was an hour late into Birmingham but we were back home and back to reality by 2:00pm.
It is strange to think that the trip is finally over. After the months of planning, months of travelling and meeting so many great people, it was over. Only 8000 photographs to sort, reports to write, cave surveys to draw and test equipment to return - so now the work starts!
A big thank you must go to all those who helped us on this trip of a lifetime and we hope to renew the friendships that we made along the way with further trips to Morocco, Tunisia etc.
Emma, Mike and John.
A Land Rover Defender and a motorbike head off for a trip across Northern Africa, the Middle East and Europe. How long will it take? Who knows!
On the road again
Other adventures
China 08 Expedition
Thank you
There are lots of people we would like to say thank you to for making this adventure possible, encouraging and supporting us:-
Our parents for introducing us to the outdoors and giving us a sense of adventure, our respective employees for allowing us a sabbatical & our work colleagues for covering for us, our caving friends (old, new and ones-to-be)for encouragement and inspiration, Don Gladstone and the RED Initiative (we hope the photography lesson pays off!), Andy Utting of Terra Nova Tents, Nikki Skinner of Equip Outdoor Technologies (Rab), Jonathan Maddocks for vehicle preparation, Jopo, Paul Taylor & GCRG for the donation of cave rescue equipment, Dave Appleing for your technical know-how, Janet Nash & the British Caving Library, Dave Webb, Paul Braznell, Cara Allison, Mike Wilson. Whilst we have been on our travels, thanks to Tanya and the two Abdullah's, Aziz and family and Radwan, the Moroccan cavers, the Tunisian cavers, Hussein from Sahara Stars, Hadi and Kaldoun, the Thorpe family for making it possible for us to actually get to Lebanon.
Our parents for introducing us to the outdoors and giving us a sense of adventure, our respective employees for allowing us a sabbatical & our work colleagues for covering for us, our caving friends (old, new and ones-to-be)for encouragement and inspiration, Don Gladstone and the RED Initiative (we hope the photography lesson pays off!), Andy Utting of Terra Nova Tents, Nikki Skinner of Equip Outdoor Technologies (Rab), Jonathan Maddocks for vehicle preparation, Jopo, Paul Taylor & GCRG for the donation of cave rescue equipment, Dave Appleing for your technical know-how, Janet Nash & the British Caving Library, Dave Webb, Paul Braznell, Cara Allison, Mike Wilson. Whilst we have been on our travels, thanks to Tanya and the two Abdullah's, Aziz and family and Radwan, the Moroccan cavers, the Tunisian cavers, Hussein from Sahara Stars, Hadi and Kaldoun, the Thorpe family for making it possible for us to actually get to Lebanon.
About Me
Blog Archive
-
▼
2010
(87)
-
▼
April
(15)
- The Final Day
- Day 162 Sunday 11/04/10
- Day 161 Saturday 10/04/10
- Day 160 Friday 09/04/10
- Day 159 Thursday 08/04/10
- Day 158 Wednesday 07/04/10
- Day 157 Tuesday 06/04/10
- Day 156 Monday 05/04/10
- Day 155 Sunday 04/04/10
- Day 154 Saturday 03/04/10
- Day 153 Friday 02/04/10
- Day 152 Thursday 01/04/10
- Day 151 Wednesday 31/03/10
- Day 150 Tuesday 30/03/10
- Day 149 Monday 29/03/10
-
▼
April
(15)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.