Getting crossed up!

Our maps are wonderfully decorated and sort of tell the story thus far. However, as the momentum ebbs from our travels, a significant moment is due to happen. By the time most of you have read this, this will be history, but in the here and now, but there is quite a significance for us as for the first time in nearly 7 months, our route will cross over itself. 

We have just chalked up 9,000 miles as we entered into Ostend too. Our total journey will fall short of 10,000 miles though. 

And so to our last night on foreign shores. In fact, I can't call them foreign shores because they have been part of our 'home' landscape. This map highlights some of the places and adventures we have had, it is also a valuable personal possession now as we will inevitably relive some of the moments at a later time. A good map, that we must thank Deborah Long for. I guess next time we do this, we can just swirl about in the middle of Europe as there seems to be a big gap there. Or, of the few pages that aren't drawn on, then maybe Scandanavia? Whatever, we can't CTRL+ALT+DEL anything we have done and start again. Just time now to enjoy the last 800 miles or so now and finish drawing the route all the way back to Ilminster on the 2nd of March.