Currently i am on a train just pulling into Bristol. I shall remain on this train for just over another hour and then shortly after that i will get my first glimpse of The Next Chapter. Its been quite a journey so far, but compared to the next few days... well let me explain. Today i pick the car up, and drive the 5 hours back home. Tomorrow at 04:00 we are setting off to Germany! So thats 5hrs drive to the Channel Tunnel, and on the other side a 6 hour drive down to Hockenheim! Just a one night stay there, visiting a good friend who is racing, and then back upto the Nurburgring for two nights there, finally returning back to the UK on Monday! Should be interesting, not to say because its also with a car i have no history with at all! Wish us luck! Photos and trip report to follow.
Well D-Day finally arrived - or shall we call it E-Day?
Currently i am on a train just pulling into Bristol. I shall remain on this train for just over another hour and then shortly after that i will get my first glimpse of The Next Chapter. Its been quite a journey so far, but compared to the next few days... well let me explain. Today i pick the car up, and drive the 5 hours back home. Tomorrow at 04:00 we are setting off to Germany! So thats 5hrs drive to the Channel Tunnel, and on the other side a 6 hour drive down to Hockenheim! Just a one night stay there, visiting a good friend who is racing, and then back upto the Nurburgring for two nights there, finally returning back to the UK on Monday! Should be interesting, not to say because its also with a car i have no history with at all! Wish us luck! Photos and trip report to follow.
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The Next Chapter Arrives!!!! Its
been a long wait indeed, the last week or so seems to have taken as long as the first four weeks. Anyway, about now she should be on UK soil, the Hoegh Jeddah having docked yesterday in Southampton. Two to Three weeks time all being well to complete the UK conversions and registration processes. From what i can gather around the 10th April, The Next Chapter was dropped off in Amsterdam, and then picked up by a new vessel, the Hoegh Jaddeh. Dates are still the same, and she should be docking in Portsmouth, in 3-4 days time. I managed to catch the Jeddah as she entered the German port of Bemmerhaven on their webcam, and then alittle later when she was docked unloading her cargo...
Well thats the official date i have for Southampton, hopefully it'll not slide. The last week has been frustrating; watching the Palmela dotting around the North Sea has been very tedious. Initially the tracking was both exciting and interesting, seeing all the exotic places the ship visited, and the route she was taking. Not so now. Roll on the end of the month!
So after following the Palmela car carrier call in at Cyprus, Lebanon, Greece, Malta, Upto Italy and across to Spain, she's finally set out into the Atlantic and upto towards England. Eventually she turned into the English Channel, and is now in the process of leaving the other end of it without stopping! Alas, she is bound for Rotterdam! After that i dont know where she's bound....
So after losing track of her for the last week, she appeared firstly in the middle of the Red Sea, then over night appeared in the Suez Canal before sailing out into the Med! Exciting! Well for me anyway.
And so tour of the world continues after a brief stop in Singapore its up past Malaysia she goes....
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This is a blog mainly about Evo's and my life around them, although i may also write about half interesting other things aswell. At the bottom of the page theres a "previous" button that will take you back even further, or click on the Archives below.... AuthorI've owned Evo's since 2001. I was heavily onto the scene at one time, though not so much these days as family life takes priority, though as you can see, i still like to keep my hand in... Archives
May 2017
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