"Technical Difficulties"

No passports arrived in the post yesterday, and so I tried visiting the mail centre this morning and the staff had a look, but nothing there either. So it looked like I'd be leaving without the passport and hoping it would catch up.

But, just now Irish Ferries have sent a text message - "due to technical difficulties, tomorrow's 1700 sailing is postponed to Monday...", so there will be a good chance of having the passport after all. And it also means getting to watch the Ireland-Wales rugby match in peace tomorrow.

Luckily I have some flexibility in the schedule, with the first deadline a rendezvous with Stefanie in Malaga next Saturday. But I hope that the MV Normandy is not suffering anything serious after its winter break. Perhaps it's a flat battery or someone has mislaid the keys.

Itinerary

This has been updated after the trip.

I drove the first and last legs alone, and otherwise had co-drivers who flew in to join the adventure at various points.
 

Day		Date		Where		Co-Driver
1		6/2/07		Irl/UK	Ferry to France
2		7/2/07		France	Biarritz
3		8/2/07		Spain	Bilbao
4		9/2/07		Spain	Soria
5		10/2/07		Spain	Gibralter	Steffi
6		11/2/07		Morocco	Chefchouen	Steffi
7		12/2/07		Morocco	Fes	Steffi
8		13/2/07		Morocco	Fes	Steffi
9		14/2/07		Morocco	Midelt	Steffi
10		15/2/07		Morocco	Erg Chebi	Steffi
11		16/2/07		Morocco	Skoura	Steffi
12		17/2/07		Morocco	Marrakesh	Steffi
13		18/2/07		Morocco	Marrakesh	Steffi/Jason
14		19/2/07		Morocco	Agadir	Steffi/Jason
15		20/2/07		Morocco	Tan Tan Beach	Jason
16		21/2/07		Western Sahara	Camp	Jason
17		22/2/07		Mauritania	Camp	Jason
18		23/2/07		Mauritania	Camp	Jason
19		24/2/07		Mauritania	Camp	Jason
20		25/2/07		Mauritania	Camp/Nouakchott	Jason
21		26/2/07		Mauritania	Camp	Jason
22		27/2/07		Mali	Camp	Jason
23		28/2/07		Mali	Camp	Jason
24		1/3/07		Mali	Camp	Jason
25		2/3/07		Mali	Bamako	Jason
26		3/3/07		Mali	Bamako	Jason
27		4/3/07		Mali	Bamako	Steffi
28		5/3/07		Mali	Sévaré	Steffi
29		6/3/07		Mali	Niafunké	Steffi
30		7/3/07		Mali	Niafunké	Steffi
31		8/3/07		Mali	Sévaré	Steffi
32		9/3/07		Mali	Sanga	Steffi
33		10/3/07		Mali	Sanga	Steffi
34		11/3/07		Mali	Sanga	Steffi
35		12/3/07		Mali	Douentza	Steffi
36		13/3/07		Mali	Camp	Steffi
37		14/3/07		Mali	Sévaré	Steffi
38		15/3/07		Mali	Sévaré	Steffi
39		16/3/07		Mali	Segou	Steffi
40		17/3/07		Mali	Bamako	Steffi
41		18/3/07		Mali	San
42		19/3/07		Mali	Djenne	Con
43		20/3/07		Mali	Camp	Con
44		21/3/07		Mali	Camp	Con
45		22/3/07		Mali	Timbuktu	Con
46		23/3/07		Mali	Timbuktu	Con
47		24/3/07		Mali	Timbuktu	Con
48		25/3/07		Mali	Camp	Con
49		26/3/07		Mali	Camp	Con
50		27/3/07		Mali	Camp	Con
51		28/3/07		Niger	Niamey	Con
52		29/3/07		Niger	Camp	Con
53		30/3/07		Niger	Tahoua	Con
54		31/3/07		Niger	Agadez	Con
55		1/4/07		Niger	Agadez	Con
56		2/4/07		Niger	Agadez	Con
57		3/4/07		Niger	Agadez	Con
58		4/4/07		Niger	Agadez	Con
59		5/4/07		Niger	Camp/Arlit	Con
60		6/4/07		Algeria	Camp/An-Guezzam	Con
61		7/4/07		Algeria	Tamanrasset	Con
62		8/4/07		Algeria	Tamanrasset	Con
63		9/4/07		Algeria	Camp	Con
64		10/4/07		Algeria	Camp	Con
65		11/4/07		Algeria	Djanet	Con
66		12/4/07		Algeria	Djanet	Con
67		13/4/07		Algeria	Djanet	Con
68		14/4/07		Algeria	Camp	Con
69		15/4/07		Algeria	Camp	Con
70		16/4/07		Algeria	Camp	Con
71		17/4/07		Algeria	Camp	Con
72		18/4/07		Algeria	Camp	Con
73		19/4/07		Algeria	In Salah	Con
74		20/4/07		Algeria	Ghardaia	Con
75		21/4/07		Algeria	Ghardaia	Con
76		22/4/07		Tunisia	Tozeur	Con
77		23/4/07		Tunisia	Kairouan	Con
78		24/4/07		Tunisia	Hammamet	Con
79		25/4/07		Tunisia	Hammamet	Con
80		26/4/07		Tunisia	Hammamet	Con
81		27/4/07		Tunisia	Ferry to Sicily	Con
82		28/4/07		Italy	Cinisi, Sicily	Steffi
83		29/4/07		Italy	Giardine Naxos	Steffi
84		30/4/07		Italy	Taormina	Steffi
85		1/5/07		Italy	Palermo	Steffi
86		2/5/07		Italy	Cosenza
87		3/5/07		Italy	Agerola
88		4/5/07		Italy	Amelia
89		5/5/07		Italy	Scofiano
90		6/5/07		Switzerland	Lugano
91		7/5/07		Germany	Black Forest
92		8/5/07		Germany	Rhede
93		9/5/07		Germany	Rhede
94		10/5/07		Germany	Rhede
95		11/5/07		Germany	Rhede
96		12/5/07		Germany	Rhede
97		13/5/07		Neth/Belg/France	Ferry to Ireland
98		14/5/07		Ireland	Home