After two nights and a day on the Ferry from Portsmouth it was a relief to drive off into Spain, more than a relief really quite a pleasure as the Spanish roads were free, smooth and empty, a great starter for Nelson to get warmed up for the trip. I …

Unusually for me I made a bit of a hash of visas for this trip, partly my inexperience and partly underestimating how difficult some of the visa systems can be, especially if you want something outside of the normal standard tourist process. So my first mistake was to believe what …

  For the first leg of the trip, we head south from Edinburgh to Northumbria, as we have just finished the series “The Last Kingdom”, Lee plans a route to Lindisfarne and Bamburgh Castle, which has an exhibition celebrating the series we have both enjoyed a lot.  We take a …

As we left Edinburgh on Monday with Lee I was trying out an old playlist on the ipad in the car, just as the sun caught Arthur’s Seat, the stereo started to play “Freebird” which seemed a little appropriate as I set out on my latest Celtic Safari to Africa. …

Some people just jump in their car and go. There are a lot of positives for that, especially if you have plenty of time and no deadlines.  In reality, spare parts can be obtained anywhere in the world, with a few exceptions visas can be obtained as you go along, …

These last few weeks have been a stressful test of my perseverance with the administration of visas, I think this will be a bit of a theme for the Celtic Safari as I have come to call this trip as I am reading many reports from fellow travellers of trouble …