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Day 38 - 24 May Leaving the hotel at just before 1000 and with a stop to buy champagne and enquire after military surplus French trucks (thinking toward my next overland vehicle), I made the customs at the channel tunnel by midday, leaving French soil and crossing the channel at 1305 hrs. The...

Day 35 - 21 May We left the AirB&B just after 0830hrs and headed to Pula airport for James to catch his flight back to the UK, I was running solo again and within 3 hours had crossed the Slovenian border. The driving now was large highways and Slovenia gave way to Italy quickly without any...

Day 34 - 20 May We woke to bright skies and made for the metal factory which now sits, memorial-like, in the middle of a modern industrial park, fenced off but intact and devoid of all the ISO containers that used to be our accommodation or the dodgy CD sellers at the gate. From the metal...

Day 32 - 18 May There were no hauntings during the night and in the morning we had a relaxed breakfast, struck camp and continued around the bay, very shortly afterwards crossing for the 1st time into Croatia. By lunch we had reached Dubrovnik and stopped for the obligatory walk around the...

Day 28 - 14 May Keen to stay off-road, I spoke to the farmer and he pointed a track I could take to continue my trip North. After a steep gravel descent, the track began to contour the mountains giving stunning views around each bend. It was reminiscent of my time in Bosnia, coming across...

Day 25, 11 May Another leisurely start and I began to wind myself uphill towards Mt Olympus, dodging the wild tortoise mobile (albeit slowly) speed humps. The temptation to pick one up and bring it back to the UK was immense but I resisted, they’d spent their lives in the lazy warm of Greece...

Day 20, 6 May We left the AirB&B early to find the shipping agents, stopping frequently to ask directions. We found them and Nick disappeared to scour the record shops of Haifa while I paid and completed the paperwork to ship the Jeep. By 1200 hrs I was waiting at the port gates when sirens...

Day 18, 4 May We had a leisurely start at 1000 after a good breakfast and as we loaded the Jeep, I noticed a tired, sun bleached 1964 VW Beetle by the roadside, proudly displaying a sign for the world’s smallest hotel, the inside had been stripped and now held a tired looking bed! Jordan’s...

Day 16, 2 May We planned to do a second night in Wadi Rum so today was a day of exploring the Wadi. Wadi Rum is well known globally and so it was the first time we’d run into tourists, coming across trains of camels or battered pick-ups with Caucasian travellers seeing the Wadi’s highlights...

Day 14, 30 Apr I awoke and peered out of the tent window to see lines of people, men and women, jogging (the less enthusiastic walking) along the seafront promenade that ran behind the beach. Today was another day of long tarmac miles and after a blissful breakfast on the beach, we headed...

Day 12, 28 Apr The morning was still and warm, we opened the tents and set about drying our stuff out. We took advantage of showers, recharged the fridge fully and had a leisurely breakfast and looked at the plan for the day. At 1000hrs we left the farm, tipping our Indian gate opener and...

Day 10, 26 Apr Amazingly, by the light of the morning, almost all the earwigs had gone from the tent (although the last one wasn’t discovered until I was back in Dorset) and we collapsed camp to experience one of the most awe inspiring and memorable days of the trip. The Jabal Abyad (derived...

Next instalment. Day 6, 6th Apr 24. Striking camp at 0845hrs I resumed the journey North along the ridgeline on blissfully uncluttered roads through quiet village with the hilltop forts watching my progress. By lunch I reached the Al Wahbah crater (22°53'41.6"N 41°07'52.1"E). 250m deep and 2km...

It's the Dutch that seem to have the greatest wanderlust, bumped into them all over the drive home! The 'Booties' are a breed apart I've always enjoyed serving with a Marine.

Solo for a lot of it but joined by my 2 brothers for various legs.

Day 4, 4th Apr 24 Mid-morning I came across Wadi Ranyah (20°05'06.4"N 41°52'39.8"E) in full spate on the border of Al Bahah and Aseer provinces. The tarmac road had been washed away by the previous night’s storms and I paused, scratching my head to work out what next. The wadi was about 200m...

Day 2, Tuesday 2nd Apr 24 Al Hofuf is a non-descript town, made worthy by a visit to the rock formations. The Al Qarah Mountain (Jabal Al Qarah) sandstone rocks were an interesting introduction to what was to become an increasingly awe-inspiring feature of Saudis geography. Climb completed...

2 years ago I drove from Qatar in the Middle East back to my home in the Dorset, UK. What follows is the story of the trip to inspire, inform and keep the overlanding bug alive in me. I'll update regularly, I hope you all enjoy it. QATAR TO DORSET It was always part of the plan after my time...

Yes you do to remove the forward facing air intake. After 5 years I notice the snorkel is cracking around the mounting bolts so has lost its integrity. The plastic quality may not be quite up to RR standards.

That's great, especially the Spitfire. I had one as my 2nd car, went everywhere in it.