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> Made it to Accra
Day 97, 9579 km, Nungua, Accra, Ghana
After a far from relaxing festive period of riding, we’ve made it to Accra in quick time thanks to Helen’s desire to be done with cycling and to enjoy a couple of days rekindling the romance away from filthy clothes, tents, biting insects & my cycling shorts before her flight home on Thursday. Riding over the last couple of days has become less & less pleasant as the rainforest has receded, the traffic increased & the road quality deteriorated under vast tracts of road reconstruction directed by the occasional suited Chinese men with hot and exasperated expressions on their faces mirroring our own. After a stressful search for accommodation I’m afraid Helen has not been treated to the luxury she deserves, however, once we’ve sorted out our feral appearances the budget guest house we’re staying in is ideally positioned to maximise the facilities of the luxury hotel across the road!
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Rob all of best for next solo
Rob all of best for next solo leg. Hope you find welcome company to compensate for poor roads. Have just been on first flight with Dave. Flew to St Francis. Spent night with Salmons and Greg and Phil and back over mountains next day with much bumping. Any time you want to opt out sos uncle Dave and he'll be along in his Cessna. We're all in Hermanus . Kirst not happy about cricket draw.
Love from Lewis's and Gutsches who continue to hail your great achievement -spreading the word to all our friends! Jen.
Snowed in!
Hello Bob and Hels,
Well done guys, you've made it in time for Helen's flight - hope you scrub up enough to get some R and R over the road.
We are snowed in today, Tom's working from home, and I'm off sick anyway with the dreaded winter vomiting which is rife in our ward at the moment. The whole of the UK is gripped in a deep freeze, we had a foot of snow overnight....I dug my car out this morning in preparation for getting to work tomorrow, they only had one nurse in first thing this morning for a ward of 30 patients! It's still snowing now, worth checking for your flights Helen, I think Heathrow is the only airport open today.
Loads of love and hope you can both stomach a nice meal together tonight!
Suse and Tom xx
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