Alarm
Wake up
Early
Foot out of duvet
Get upGet dressed
Pack
Check
Double check
Check again
Walk the dog
Load the car
Check the route
Jump in the car
Depart...
Follow the sat-nav
Junctions
Turnings
Roundabout after roundabout
Unfamiliar roads
Steadily
Slowly
'A' roads
'B' roads
Unsure
Sat-nav dependant
Scenery
Rural
Beautiful
Wild
Towns
Villages
Remote
Empty
Climbing
In and out of fog
Open moorland
Fells
National parks
Sheep in fields
Wind-swept trees
Stone walls
Remote stone cottages
Dual carriage ways
Looking for junctions
Ancient bridges
Bridges over
Bridges under
Castles
Pubs
Farms
Tumbling streams
Long since closed railways
Railway stations - converted
Famous railways lines
Steam railways
Descending
Clearing
Once-more
Civilization
Houses
Streets
Normality
People...
CHANGE!
Motorway!
Speed
Cars
Lorries
Motorbikes
Overtaking
Being over taken
Inside lane
Outside lane
Winding over hill tops
Cutting through valleys
Flat open countryside
Sprawling cities - distant
Huge bridges over wide rivers
Signs to familiar places
Millages tumbling
Fuel disappearing
Hunger growing
Legs aching
Services needed
Fuel needed
Stretch needed
Driver swaps
Searching for toilets
Sandwiches or Burgers?
Coffee or tea?
Exorbitant prices
Walking the dog
Back in the car
More motorway
Fast cars
Slow lorries
Road works
Speed restrictions
Endless bollards
Lane swaps
Narrow lanes
Speed cameras
All clear
Up to speed
More big cities...
All types of weather
Sunshine
Warm
Clouds
Cold
Dark clouds
Blue sky
Light rain
Monsoon like rain!
Slow down
Puddles
Spray
Wipers
Slow
Fast
Intermittent
Sunshine
(Sigh!)
...Familiar place names
Looking for a turning
Long weekend
Nearly home
Nearly over
300 miles
8 hours
Places seen
Places visited
Bucket list ticked
Home
Tired
Exhausted
Tumble through front door...
(Sigh...)
Stop!
Kettle on
Collapse into chair
Rest - unwind
...Second wind!
Unload the car
Tea?
Take away!
Back into car
Into to town
Curry and fuel
Home once more
Collapse for the final time
Tea and TV
...BED!
All in one day!
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