Can you get to Africa & back in a weekend? Let's see...

[FridgeFreezer]

Removing the photos which were blurry, dull, incriminating or unsuitable for children I still have a couple left so here they are:

Down at the docks:

The original plan, hmmm:

HMS Solent, AKA Marvin the Android from H2G2:

HMS Victory - yarr!

En France - a massive Pont:

No prizes for guessing the location:

Stopped for a bite in Tours:

Another pont:

An actual space rocket:

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[FridgeFreezer]

We're in a tunnel:

It was all a bit mountainous round here, but it was also getting dark & a bit cloudy so have the one non-blurry bit of mountainousness:

There were also mountain goats/sheep but they came out as small white blurry dots on a big green blur

Drive up to Anorra was twisty + foggy + cloudy, the camera could see much further than we could:

So we did the only decent thing - stopped in a layby and had a light-sabre fight with LED torches

It's the border:

Where are we again?

One of the few eateries which was open - food was good, hot chocolate was a religious experience:

Road back down the hill was less foggy but no less twisty:

SURPRISE HORSE!!!

Where do you park a UniMog snow-blower? Wherever you damn well please:

A random castle all lit up:

Carcassonne - was amazing even if everyone was asleep:

It's massive:

Thankfully there was an absence of gallic taunting and cow-flinging

One of the buildings inside the town:

Bit of a gap here as I was driving or sleeping or both, so back to a very rainy Le Havre:

And 5 hours later, back to the glittering metropolis of Pompey:

And that's wot I dun on my holidays

[landroversforever]

Love that picture of the spinnaker tower

[FridgeFreezer]

Love that picture of the spinnaker tower

Aye - worth every penny, even if the lift still doesn't work

[battwig]

You passed within a mile of our house, you could of popped in for a brew

[FridgeFreezer]

You passed within a mile of our house, you could of popped in for a brew

We passed within a mile of a lot of people's houses - can you narrow it down at all?

[Sirocco]

We passed within a mile of a lot of people's houses - can you narrow it down at all?

bit late now, but going back to your original idea you would not have technically been in Africa in Ceuta as its a Spanish Enclave, you would have had to drive a further 10 or so miles to the chaos of the border

cracking idea though. much like the under 13 day record for London to Cape Town

G

[battwig]

We passed within a mile of a lot of people's houses - can you narrow it down at all?

The "rocket" is at the side of the motorway in Toulouse, unless there is another one!

I presume you travelled on the A20, we live 2 mins off junction 55 near to Souillac.

The kettle is always on if you come down this way again

[FridgeFreezer]

cracking idea though. much like the under 13 day record for London to Cape Town

That sounds like a challenge

I reckon even with all the driving etc. it was faster & more pleasant than doing it by Easyjet.