Sid and Doris Bonkers and their Epic Journeys
"Everybody is normal until you get to know them"
The Epic Journey was originally conceived of in three parts, adding up to 16 weeks plus a bit in the UK to get home from the ferry:1. An outward leg to somewhere Epic2. A slower bit with some free time taking ferries across to Greece and Italy and having some chill-out time en route, eating leetle feeshes in harbour towns…
Read more“This is my flat.It is part of a larger house. When the house was built nobody had balconies.Now we all have balconies, and mine is very traditional, with windows and wooden walls.People point to my balcony and say ‘That balcony will soon fall off the building’.I know they are just jealous.”
Read more1. Domes “We in Turkey love domes. We can make any building shape you like out of domes. We make big ones then smaller ones round the edge, then smaller ones to fill in the bits. Some people build their religious buildings with sloping roofs with straight edges but they are wrong, and we must kill them. Other people build…
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Holiday Money – Reasons not to compete in the Tour de France – Crusades – Gypsy Kings – Skin colours – Wiry Old Gents – Reasons to Hate Other People – Poetry
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We started off with a rebellious little number to fit with the overnight rain and general clamminess:
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HELLO WORLD!!!! I am writing to anyone who cares about mapping to ask you to try and improve the quality of electronic maps.
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We like looking at wildlife, but to be honest an Epic Journey does not have the best wildlife-spotting opportunities because:
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Two days ago we had National Sitting By The Side Of The Road Day.
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Bulgaria has proved harder than we thought.
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When we were planning this Epic Journey, back in those heady days where every night we slept in the same bed as the night before, and the map was permanently spread out on the living room floor, Sid was really interested in seeing the traces of WW2 across this region.
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