We Had A Quiet Day In,

Mark called round for a coffee and a chat,

we put a couple of DVDs on to watch as we all like Top Gear, we chose this one form The Great Adventures, Vietnam Special, in this 84-minute DVD, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May head to south-east Asia to Vietnam, all they have to do is travel from the south to the north of the country, in 8 days purchasing transport locally, the problem that the money they have only allows for the purchase of small motorbikes, the second problem being being Jeremy not only hates motorbikes but has never driven one, trying to get him to ride one was like pushing a piece of string uphill! the episode follows the trio’s journey to their destination in what is one of the most spectacular road trips the show has managed to produce,

Mark then made a move for home so we settled down to another adventure, this time from the same series, Botswana Special, again they have to buy a budget vehicle locally, this time to buy a car for less than £1500, and use it to travel from the Zimbabwean border to the Namibian border, a trip of 1,000 miles, but it must not be 4 wheel drive or be designed for off road use, it sounds easy but they had to transverse the Makgadikgadi salt pan, it has a thin solid crust, under which lies a mud like substance, it is the worlds largest salt pan, no prizes for guessing if the cars got stuck or not, the trail also went through the Okavango Delta, inhabited as one said 'by lions and tigers', so what better than to place a cows head and pieces of steak into Jame's car to attract them, I kid you not! great fun, we then watched a couple of shows on satellite television then we were off to bed.