Adventure begins

Day 0 – 1

Here we are, after organising and dreaming for so long the day to leave is upon us. After a manic night packing and only getting 3 hrs sleep before rising again to get our taxi to the meet the truck and group. We were planning on getting a bus there but thought why not have one last bit of luxury, it was a Mercedes Benz which took us to the meet. We arrived and say our hellos loaded our the massive backpacks onto the truck soon it was time to board to truck and start this journey home.

We slept the whole way to Dover, felt a bit bad as we had the very front seat. The day we left was mean to be a cracker of a day with 29 degrees! it was for the people of London as we kept getting texts from friends telling us it was a good day to set off. Problem for us we were not in London any more. We were now almost at Dover and the weather was very very misty. There is a picture of me to the right waving good bye to the UK as we get out of the port you can see how amazing our weather was. After the ferry ride we touched down on to French soil. We hardly stopped in France except for a toilet break. Kieran and i slept pretty much the whole of France and woke when we reached Belgium. We did not feel so bad for sleeping any more, we needed the sleep and we were driving on highways which we have travelled before.

Interestingly our transport for the journey is a bit of a talking piece as people seen a truck which can carry people on the back like a bus. When we stop in places we always have some one taking pictures of it and talking to us to find out where we are going. When they find out their jaw drops as they try to understand that we are driving all the way from London - Sydney 

That night we camped in a lay-by next to the highway in Belgium. We pitched our tents for the first night of bush camping, this meant that we had no facilities. That night our first night on the road we had chilli con carne for dinner. I slept well except for the times i could feel the stick under the tent digging into my back, i am sure this is something we will learn to do properly when setting up a tent and choosing a suitable sleeping ground.

This is the start to our journey.

Glen