81 Degrees North and the Land of the Midnight Sun. August 11th - London to Oslo. Our SAS flight to Oslo left at 10. 20 am from Terminal 3 at Heathrow. It was an uneventful flight and we arrived at Oslo airport in the rain. We were picked up by the hotel minibus with two other couples, one British and one American. The weather improved on our 45 minute drive to The Grand Hotel on Karl Johans Gate in the city centre. Looking across the street from the Grand Hotel Cafe.

Baltic Bound and Around! To enlarge any photo of the blog, double click on the photo and it will open in a new window. Batic Bound and Around Route. Below are a selection of photos that Bob has taken during the drive. My thanks go to him for taking the time to select them from all the photos he has taken. Appendix 3 - Fishing Trip Honningsvag.

Two Toyota Landcruisers across the United States starting in California and going via Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York Maine, Vermont and finishing in Upper New York State. Map of route across the States from California to Upper New York State. And both cars are now parked up in the garage just north of Los Angeles. Ready for the next big trip.

Cruise across Canada - May 2010 www. September 6th 2009 - London. Well, here I am again starting another blog! This time for our drive across Canada in late spring 2010. I thought we would start the photos on the blog with the two trusty Landcruisers parked up in Anchorage awaiting shipping back to the US mainland. January 14th 2010 - Latest News. Several things have happened since my last posting in September.

Hi to all my family, friends and colleagues,. We are driving in the Toyota Landcruiser we took round South America a couple of years ago. This time we have added an extra fuel tank to give us a range of 1,000kms without re-fuelling, navigation equipment, security cage for all our spares and equipment and a second spare wheel.

A 9,000 kms 4x4 drive from Singapore to Macau in China. The tour starts on February 7th from Raffles Hotel Singapore and then heads north via Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and SE China to finish, on March 8th, in Macau. Well, here we go again! Below are a couple of photos of my well-travelled Landcruiser parked up at the shipping company, awaiting loading into the container. A very happy New Year. Apologies to those who might have noticed my .

Starting and finishing on Copacapana Beach, Rio de Janeiro. Preparing to go home! We took a very fast taxi to the airport. We were on the same flight as Angus Stamper and his wife, Emma, the Barnes, Chris and Linda and the Doreys. Back at the hotel, we changed and .

A four-thousand-five-hundred mile drive from Malibu in California to Anchorage, Alaska.

In Search of Shackleton and Antarctica. Shackleton, Dulwich College and Antarctica. I grew up with the extraordinary exploits of Shackleton being brought to my attention every day, whilst I was at Dulwich College. Shackleton, being one of the most famous Old Alleynians, was always talked about in reverential terms by the masters who taught me from the age of nine. The James Caird on display in the North Cloisters of Dulwich College. Tango dancing in one of the.